Where does “voima” come from?

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

voima (Finnish): power, strength, force, might; force; power

Definitions

  1. power, strength, force, might; force; power

Ancestry of “voima”, step by step

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

Words derived from “voima

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma