Where does “hakevoimala” come from?
hakevoimala (Finnish) comes from Finnish voimala, from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
hakevoimala (Finnish): wood chip power plant
Ancestry of “hakevoimala”, step by step
hakevoimala 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 hake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hake | woodchips as mass, e.g. when used as fuel |
| 2 | Finnish | hakata | to hit something repeatedly, as a nail with a... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hak'at'ak | — |