Where does “Vähä-Liettua” come from?

Vähä-Liettua (Finnish) comes from Finnish Liettua, from Lithuanian Lietuvà, from Proto-Slavic Lētuvā.

Ancestry of “Vähä-Liettua”, step by step

Vähä-Liettua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Liettua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLiettuaLithuanian language
2LithuanianLietuvàLithuania
3Proto-SlavicLētuvā—

via Finnish vähä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
2Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little
Every word from Proto-Slavic Lētuvā →Every word from Lithuanian Lietuvà →Every word from Finnish Liettua →
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