Where does “vasemmistovoimat” come from?
vasemmistovoimat (Finnish) comes from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
vasemmistovoimat (Finnish): left-wing forces
Definitions
- left-wing forces
Ancestry of “vasemmistovoimat”, step by step
vasemmistovoimat 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 vasemmisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vasemmisto | The left; leftist |
| 2 | Finnish | -stö | Front vowel variant of -sto |