Where does “tasolaikka” come from?

tasolaikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish taso, from Finnish tasa, from Proto-Finnic tasa, from Proto-Uralic taśa — even.

tasolaikka (Finnish): flap disc, flap sanding disc, flap grinding disc

Definitions

  1. flap disc, flap sanding disc, flap grinding disc

Ancestry of “tasolaikka”, step by step

tasolaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasolevel; standard; wing
2Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
3Proto-Finnictasaeven
4Proto-Uralictaśaeven

via Finnish läikkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläikkäspot, splotch
Every word from Proto-Uralic taśa →Every word from Proto-Finnic tasa →Every word from Finnish tasa →