Where does “hankintavoima” come from?

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

hankintavoima (Finnish): purchasing power ability of a large collective or company to negotiate more favourable prices and terms than a smaller group or company

Definitions

  1. purchasing power ability of a large collective or company to negotiate more favourable prices and terms than a smaller group or company

Ancestry of “hankintavoima”, step by step

hankintavoima 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 hankinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhankintaacquisition
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic voima →