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Where does “voimala” come from?

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

voimala (Finnish): power plant

Definitions

  1. power plant

Ancestry of “voimala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoimapower, strength, force, might; force; power
2Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “voimala”

  • hiilivoimala
  • ydinvoimalaonnettomuus
  • dieselvoimala
  • fuusiovoimala
  • hakevoimala
  • atomivoimala
  • ydinvoimalakatastrofi
  • ydinvoimala
  • öljyvoimala
  • aaltovoimala
  • aurinkovoimala
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →