Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “ylivoima” come from?

ylivoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish yli-, from Finnish yli, from Proto-Finnic üli, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ylivoima (Finnish): superiority; power play

Definitions

  1. superiority; power play

Ancestry of “ylivoima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyli-over-; super-; superior; trans-; overly,...
2Finnishyli"yli" + number: over; over; after, past
3Proto-Finnicüliover
4Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
5Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
6Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
7Proto-West Germanic-jā—
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “ylivoima”

  • ylivoimaisuus
  • ylivoimainen
  • ylivoimapeli
  • ilmaylivoima
  • ylivoimaisesti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →