Where does “painovoimakenttä” come from?

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

painovoimakenttä (Finnish): gravitational field

Definitions

  1. gravitational field

Ancestry of “painovoimakenttä”, step by step

painovoimakenttä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish painovoima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainovoimagravity
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 kenttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenttäfield; A limited area where a game is played, a...
2Proto-Samickientēmeadow, field
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic voima →