Where does “voimajooga” come from?
voimajooga (Finnish) comes from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
voimajooga (Finnish): ashtanga
Ancestry of “voimajooga”, step by step
voimajooga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish voima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voima | power, strength, force, might; force; power |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | voima | power, strength, force, might |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish jooga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jooga | yoga |
| 2 | English | yoga | Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines... |
| 3 | Chamorro | yoga | — |