Where does “tunnevoima” come from?

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

tunnevoima (Finnish): emotional impact, emotional power

Definitions

  1. emotional impact, emotional power

Ancestry of “tunnevoima”, step by step

tunnevoima 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 tunne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunnefeeling; emotion; sensation
2Finnishtunteato feel, sense; to know, be familiar with
3Proto-Finnictuntedakto know; to feel
4Proto-Uralictumte-to know

Words derived from “tunnevoima

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