Where does “lämpövoimakone” come from?

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

lämpövoimakone (Finnish): heat engine

Definitions

  1. heat engine

Ancestry of “lämpövoimakone”, step by step

lämpövoimakone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lämpövoima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlämpövoimathermal power
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 kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic voima →