Where does “vähä-” come from?

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

vähä- (Finnish): Signifying low quantity or content and especially...

Definitions

  1. Signifying low quantity or content and especially...

Ancestry of “vähä-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
2Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little

Words derived from “vähä-

Every word from Proto-Finnic vähäEvery word from Finnish vähä