Where does “voimavirta” come from?

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

voimavirta (Finnish): power flow

Definitions

  1. power flow

Ancestry of “voimavirta”, step by step

voimavirta 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 virta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure

Words derived from “voimavirta

Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic voima