Where does “alivoima” come from?
alivoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish äli-, from Finnish Ali, from Finnish Aleksanteri, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ.
alivoima (Finnish): being shorthanded
Ancestry of “alivoima”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | äli- | — |
| 2 | Finnish | Ali | — |
| 3 | Finnish | Aleksanteri | Alexander |
| 4 | Latin | Alexander | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀλέξανδρος | Alexander |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀλέξω | to keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀνδρός | genitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | — |
Words derived from “alivoima”