Where does “voimattomuus” come from?

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

voimattomuus (Finnish): powerlessness, weakness; asthenia

Definitions

  1. powerlessness, weakness; asthenia

Ancestry of “voimattomuus”, step by step

voimattomuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voimaton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoimatonfeeble; powerless
2Finnishvoimapower, strength, force, might; force; power
3Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic voima →