Where does “voimailu” come from?

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

voimailu (Finnish): Those sports collectively which require primarily...

Definitions

  1. Those sports collectively which require primarily...

Ancestry of “voimailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvoimaillaTo perform power training of any sort
2Finnishvoimapower, strength, force, might; force; power
3Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

Words derived from “voimailu

Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic voima