Where does “räjähdysvoima” come from?

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

räjähdysvoima (Finnish): explosive power, explosive force

Definitions

  1. explosive power, explosive force

Ancestry of “räjähdysvoima”, step by step

räjähdysvoima 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 räjähdys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräjähdysexplosion
2Finnishräjähtääto explode, burst, blow up; to detonate; to blow...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic voima