Where does “vähälajinen” come from?

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

vähälajinen (Finnish): oligospecific, paucispecific having or composed of few species

Definitions

  1. oligospecific, paucispecific having or composed of few species

Ancestry of “vähälajinen”, 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- →
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