Where does “voimakeino” come from?
voimakeino (Finnish) comes from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
voimakeino (Finnish): force or violence as a means; use of force
Definitions
- force or violence as a means; use of force
Ancestry of “voimakeino”, step by step
voimakeino 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 keino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keino | means, way, vehicle; trick; "as modifier in a... |
| 2 | Proto-Samic | keajnō | way, road; method, means |