Where does “ydinvoimala” come from?
ydinvoimala (Finnish) comes from Finnish voimala, from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
ydinvoimala (Finnish): nuclear power plant
Ancestry of “ydinvoimala”, step by step
ydinvoimala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish voimala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voimala | power plant |
| 2 | Finnish | voima | power, strength, force, might; force; power |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | voima | power, strength, force, might |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish ydin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ydin | core, kernel, the central part of something;... |
| 2 | Friulian | Udin | Udine |
| 3 | Arabic | الدِّين | — |
Words derived from “ydinvoimala”