Where does “kuumavahaus” come from?

kuumavahaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vahaus, from Finnish vahata, from Finnish vähä, from Proto-Finnic vähä — small amount, little.

kuumavahaus (Finnish): hot waxing

Definitions

  1. hot waxing

Ancestry of “kuumavahaus”, step by step

kuumavahaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vahaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahauswaxing
2Finnishvahatato wax
3Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
4Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little

via Finnish kuuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
2Proto-Finnickuumahot
Every word from Proto-Finnic vähä →Every word from Finnish vähä →Every word from Finnish vahata →