Where does “vähätöinen” come from?

vähätöinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.

vähätöinen (Finnish): requiring little work or effort; easy, effortless, undemanding

Definitions

  1. requiring little work or effort; easy, effortless, undemanding

Ancestry of “vähätöinen”, step by step

vähätöinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish vähä

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