Where does “vesivoimavarat” come from?

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

vesivoimavarat (Finnish): water resources

Definitions

  1. water resources

Ancestry of “vesivoimavarat”, step by step

vesivoimavarat 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 vara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarareserve, backup; resources, reserves, funds,...
2Proto-Germanicwarōattention, care
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic voima
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