Where does “Vähä-Venäjä” come from?
Vähä-Venäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vähä-, from Finnish vähä, from Proto-Finnic vähä.
Ancestry of “Vähä-Venäjä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vähä- | Signifying low quantity or content and especially... |
| 2 | Finnish | vähä | the little; little, few, scarce |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vähä | — |