Where does “ostovoima” come from?
ostovoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
ostovoima (Finnish): Purchasing power, buying power
Definitions
- Purchasing power, buying power
Ancestry of “ostovoima”, step by step
ostovoima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish voima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voima | power, strength, force, might; force; power |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | voima | power, strength, force, might |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish osto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | osto | purchase |
| 2 | Finnish | ostaa | To buy, purchase |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ostadak | to buy |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |
Words derived from “ostovoima”