Where does “ostovoimainen” come from?

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

ostovoimainen (Finnish): having purchasing power

Definitions

  1. having purchasing power

Ancestry of “ostovoimainen”, step by step

ostovoimainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ostovoima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishostovoimaPurchasing power, buying power
2Finnishvoimapower, strength, force, might; force; power
3Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic voima →