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Where does “vähämielinen” come from?

vähämielinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

vähämielinen (Finnish): idiotic, mentally incompetent

Definitions

  1. idiotic, mentally incompetent

Ancestry of “vähämielinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “vähämielinen”

  • vähämielisyys
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →