Where does “vähemmyys” come from?

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

vähemmyys (Finnish): lesserness, fewerness

Definitions

  1. lesserness, fewerness

Ancestry of “vähemmyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähempilesser
2Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
3Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little
Every word from Proto-Finnic vähä →Every word from Finnish vähä →Every word from Finnish vähempi →