Where does “omavoimainen” come from?

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

omavoimainen (Finnish): self-powered, self-sustaining

Definitions

  1. self-powered, self-sustaining

Ancestry of “omavoimainen”, step by step

omavoimainen 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 oma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishomaown; friendly
2Proto-Finnicomaown

Words derived from “omavoimainen

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