Where does “vähennys” come from?
vähennys (Finnish) comes from Finnish vähentää, from Ingrian vähä, from Ingrian -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
vähennys (Finnish): decrease; subtraction, deduction
Definitions
- decrease; subtraction, deduction
Ancestry of “vähennys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vähentää | To decrease, reduce, diminish; To deduct; To... |
| 2 | Ingrian | vähä | little, small; scanty, meagre; little, few |
| 3 | Ingrian | -in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
Words derived from “vähennys”