Where does “voimatoimi” come from?

voimatoimi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Toimi, from Finnish toimi, from Proto-Finnic toimi, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

voimatoimi (Finnish): drastic measure, means of force

Definitions

  1. drastic measure, means of force

Ancestry of “voimatoimi”, step by step

voimatoimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Toimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
2Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
3Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
4Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
5Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
6Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

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—
Every word from Hungarian -ik →Every word from Proto-Uralic toxe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak →