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

  1. authority; control; power

Ancestry of “võim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
2Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
3Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “võim”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic voima →