Where does “toivelevy” come from?

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

toivelevy (Finnish): a disc or record of music that one wants to be played such as when bringing music over to a party, on a radio program, etc

Definitions

  1. a disc or record of music that one wants to be played such as when bringing music over to a party, on a radio program, etc

Ancestry of “toivelevy”, step by step

toivelevy 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 toive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoivewish
2Finnishtoivoato hope for, wish; Partitive singular form of...
3Proto-Finnictoivodakto hope; to wish
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish levy →