Where does “omavoimaisuus” come from?

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

omavoimaisuus (Finnish): being self-sustaining or self-propelled

Definitions

  1. being self-sustaining or self-propelled

Ancestry of “omavoimaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishomavoimainenself-powered, self-sustaining
2Finnishvoimapower, strength, force, might; force; power
3Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic voima