Where does “vähäpätöinen” come from?

vähäpätöinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pato, from Finnish päteä, from Proto-Finnic pätedäk.

vähäpätöinen (Finnish): insignificant, inconsequential

Definitions

  1. insignificant, inconsequential

Ancestry of “vähäpätöinen”, step by step

vähäpätöinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpatodam, dike
2Finnishpäteäto apply, be valid
3Proto-Finnicpätedäk—

via Finnish vähä

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

Words derived from “vähäpätöinen”

Every word from Proto-Finnic pätedäk →Every word from Finnish päteä →Every word from Finnish pato →