Where does “tahdonvoima” come from?
tahdonvoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
tahdonvoima (Finnish): willpower
Ancestry of “tahdonvoima”, step by step
tahdonvoima 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 tahto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tahto | will; way |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *tahto | — |