Where does “Vähä-Venäjä” come from?

Vähä-Venäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vähä-, from Finnish vähä, from Proto-Finnic vähä — small amount, little.

Vähä-Venäjä (Finnish): Little Russia

Definitions

  1. Little Russia

Ancestry of “Vähä-Venäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähä-Signifying low quantity or content and especially...
2Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
3Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little
Every word from Proto-Finnic vähä →Every word from Finnish vähä →Every word from Finnish vähä- →