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Where does “ydinvoimalaonnettomuus” come from?

ydinvoimalaonnettomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ydinvoimala, from Finnish voimala, from Finnish voima, from Proto-Finnic voima, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

ydinvoimalaonnettomuus (Finnish): nuclear power plant accident

Definitions

  1. nuclear power plant accident

Ancestry of “ydinvoimalaonnettomuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishydinvoimalanuclear power plant
2Finnishvoimalapower plant
3Finnishvoimapower, strength, force, might; force; power
4Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
5Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
6Proto-Uralic-ma—
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