Where does “elämänvoima” come from?

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

elämänvoima (Finnish): life force principle that animates living organisms

Definitions

  1. life force principle that animates living organisms

Ancestry of “elämänvoima”, step by step

elämänvoima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voima

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—

via Finnish elämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelämälife; Agent participle of elää
2Estonianelamato live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic voima →