Where does “lämpövoimala” come from?
lämpövoimala (Finnish) comes from Finnish voimala, from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
lämpövoimala (Finnish): thermal power station
Ancestry of “lämpövoimala”, step by step
lämpövoimala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish voimala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voimala | power plant |
| 2 | Finnish | voima | power, strength, force, might; force; power |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | voima | power, strength, force, might |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish lämpö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lämpö | warmth, heat; heat; fever |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |