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Where does “apuvoima” come from?

apuvoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

apuvoima (Finnish): auxiliary power; help; reinforcements

Definitions

  1. auxiliary power; help; reinforcements

Ancestry of “apuvoima”, step by step

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