Where does “voitonvarma” come from?

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

voitonvarma (Finnish): sure of victory

Definitions

  1. sure of victory

Ancestry of “voitonvarma”, step by step

voitonvarma 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 Varma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVarmasure, certain
2Finnishvarmasure, certain; sure, confident
3Proto-Finnicvarmastrong, sturdy

Words derived from “voitonvarma”

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