Where does “vesivoimakone” come from?

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

vesivoimakone (Finnish): hydropower machine

Definitions

  1. hydropower machine

Ancestry of “vesivoimakone”, step by step

vesivoimakone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vesivoima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesivoimahydropower
2Finnishvoimapower, strength, force, might; force; power
3Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic voima →