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Where does “voimassaolo” come from?

voimassaolo (Finnish) comes from Finnish olo, from Finnish olla, from Proto-Finnic oldak, from Proto-Uralic wole- — to be, become; be, will be.

voimassaolo (Finnish): validity

Definitions

  1. validity

Ancestry of “voimassaolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholobeing, the action of the verb olla; feeling,...
2Finnishollato be; to be, constitute, make up, form; to have;...
3Proto-Finnicoldakto be
4Proto-Uralicwole-to be, become; be, will be

Words derived from “voimassaolo”

  • voimassaoloaika
  • voimassaolopäivä
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