Where does “hiilivoima” come from?

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

hiilivoima (Finnish): coal power

Definitions

  1. coal power

Ancestry of “hiilivoima”, step by step

hiilivoima 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 hiili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiilicoal; charcoal; carbon
2Proto-Finnichiilicharcoal; ember
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic voima →