Where does “sivulevy” come from?

sivulevy (Finnish) comes from Finnish levy, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

sivulevy (Finnish): side plate, side panel

Definitions

  1. side plate, side panel

Ancestry of “sivulevy”, step by step

sivulevy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish levy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlevyplate; board; slab
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish sivu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsivupage, side; side; flank
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish levy →