Where does “aurinkovoimala” come from?

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

aurinkovoimala (Finnish): solar power plant

Definitions

  1. solar power plant

Ancestry of “aurinkovoimala”, step by step

aurinkovoimala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voimala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoimalapower plant
2Finnishvoimapower, strength, force, might; force; power
3Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish aurinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaurinkothe Sun
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic voima
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