Where does “voimanlisä” come from?

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

voimanlisä (Finnish): extra power, something that adds power

Definitions

  1. extra power, something that adds power

Ancestry of “voimanlisä”, step by step

voimanlisä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voima

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—

via Finnish lisä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlisäaddition, increase, supplement
2Proto-Finniclisäaddition, increase
3Proto-Finno-Permiclisä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic voima →