Where does “võimas” come from?

võimas (Estonian) comes from Estonian võim, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

võimas (Estonian): powerful, strong, great, awesome

Definitions

  1. powerful, strong, great, awesome

Ancestry of “võimas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvõimauthority; control; power
2Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic voima →
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