Where does “vähennysmerkki” come from?
vähennysmerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish vähennys, from Finnish vähentää, from Ingrian vähä, from Ingrian -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
vähennysmerkki (Finnish): subtraction sign, minus sign
Definitions
- subtraction sign, minus sign
Ancestry of “vähennysmerkki”, step by step
vähennysmerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vähennys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vähennys | decrease; subtraction, deduction |
| 2 | Finnish | vähentää | To decrease, reduce, diminish; To deduct; To... |
| 3 | Ingrian | vähä | little, small; scanty, meagre; little, few |
| 4 | Ingrian | -in | Forms adjectives indicating the material of which something is made; -en |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |