Where does “kaasuvoimala” come from?

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

kaasuvoimala (Finnish): gas-fired power plant

Definitions

  1. gas-fired power plant

Ancestry of “kaasuvoimala”, step by step

kaasuvoimala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voimala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoimalapower plant
2Finnishvoimapower, strength, force, might; force; power
3Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic voima →