Where does “vähemmistö” come from?

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

vähemmistö (Finnish): minority

Definitions

  1. minority

Ancestry of “vähemmistö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähempilesser
2Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
3Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little

Words derived from “vähemmistö”

Every word from Proto-Finnic vähä →Every word from Finnish vähä →Every word from Finnish vähempi →