Where does “voitontahto” come from?

voitontahto (Finnish) comes from Finnish voitto, from Finnish voittaa, from Proto-Finnic voittadak, from Proto-Finnic voidak, from Proto-Uralic woje- — can, to be able.

voitontahto (Finnish): desire to win, will to win

Definitions

  1. desire to win, will to win

Ancestry of “voitontahto”, step by step

voitontahto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoittovictory, win; profit
2Finnishvoittaato win
3Proto-Finnicvoittadakto win
4Proto-Finnicvoidakcan, to be able
5Proto-Uralicwoje-can, to be able

via Finnish tahto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtahtowill; way
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tahto—

Words derived from “voitontahto”

Every word from Proto-Uralic woje- →Every word from Proto-Finnic voidak →Every word from Proto-Finnic voittadak →