Where does “vähäuskoinen” come from?

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

vähäuskoinen (Finnish): of little faith

Definitions

  1. of little faith

Ancestry of “vähäuskoinen”, step by step

vähäuskoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vähä

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

via Finnish usko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuskofaith; religious; Indicative present connegative...
2Proto-Finnic*uskofaith, belief
Every word from Proto-Finnic vähä →Every word from Finnish vähä →
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