Where does “dieselvoimala” come from?
dieselvoimala (Finnish) comes from Finnish voimala, from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
dieselvoimala (Finnish): diesel power plant
Ancestry of “dieselvoimala”, step by step
dieselvoimala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish voimala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voimala | power plant |
| 2 | Finnish | voima | power, strength, force, might; force; power |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | voima | power, strength, force, might |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish diesel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | diesel | diesel car, diesel; diesel motor, diesel engine;... |
| 2 | German | Diesel | diesel vehicle powered by a diesel engine |