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
Ancestry of “vesivoimavarat”, step by step
vesivoimavarat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vesivoima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vesivoima | hydropower |
| 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 | — |
via Finnish vara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vara | reserve, backup; resources, reserves, funds,... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | warō | attention, care |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |