Where does “turvevoimala” come from?
turvevoimala (Finnish) comes from Finnish turve, from Proto-Finnic turbeh, from Hungarian türbe, from Ottoman Turkish تربه, from Arabic تُرْبَة.
turvevoimala (Finnish): peat power plant
Ancestry of “turvevoimala”, step by step
turvevoimala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish turve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | turve | peat, turf |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | turbeh | turf, peat |
| 3 | Hungarian | türbe | turbe |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | تربه | tomb, mausoleum |
| 5 | Arabic | تُرْبَة | — |
via Finnish voimala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voimala | power plant |
| 2 | Finnish | voima | power, strength, force, might; force; power |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | voima | power, strength, force, might |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |