Where does “taikavoima” come from?
taikavoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
taikavoima (Finnish): magic power, magical power
Definitions
- magic power, magical power
Ancestry of “taikavoima”, step by step
taikavoima 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 taika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taika | magic; spell, enchantment |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | taika | witchcraft |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
Words derived from “taikavoima”