Where does “võim” come from?
võim (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
võim (Estonian): authority; control; power
Definitions
- authority; control; power
Ancestry of “võim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Finnic | voima | power, strength, force, might |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |