Where does “heikkovoimainen” come from?

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

heikkovoimainen (Finnish): of little force, power or might; feeble, impotent

Definitions

  1. of little force, power or might; feeble, impotent

Ancestry of “heikkovoimainen”, step by step

heikkovoimainen 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 heikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheikkoweak; faint; feeble
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma