Where does “vähentää” come from?

vähentää (Finnish) comes from Ingrian vähä, from Ingrian -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

vähentää (Finnish): To decrease, reduce, diminish; To deduct; To...

Definitions

  1. To decrease, reduce, diminish; To deduct; To...

Ancestry of “vähentää”, step by step

vähentää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian vähä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvähälittle, small; scanty, meagre; little, few
2Ingrian-inForms adjectives indicating the material of which something is made; -en
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish vähä

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

Words derived from “vähentää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Ingrian -in →Every word from Ingrian vähä →