Where does “lihasvoima” come from?

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

lihasvoima (Finnish): muscular strength, muscle power, brawn

Definitions

  1. muscular strength, muscle power, brawn

Ancestry of “lihasvoima”, step by step

lihasvoima 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 lihas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihasmuscle
2Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic voima