Where does “hevosvoima” come from?
hevosvoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
hevosvoima (Finnish): horsepower
Ancestry of “hevosvoima”, step by step
hevosvoima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish voima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voima | power, strength, force, might; force; power |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | voima | power, strength, force, might |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish hevonen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hevonen | horse, "Equus caballus"; horse; knight |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hepoinen | horse |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -inen | -ish, -ic, -like, -y; -en |