Where does “iskuvoima” come from?

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

iskuvoima (Finnish): striking power, impact power

Definitions

  1. striking power, impact power

Ancestry of “iskuvoima”, step by step

iskuvoima 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 isku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiskuhit, blow; impact; attentat, attack, strike, raid
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

Words derived from “iskuvoima

Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic voima