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
- To decrease, reduce, diminish; To deduct; To...
Ancestry of “vähentää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | vähä | little, small; scanty, meagre; little, few |
| 2 | Ingrian | -in | — |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
Words derived from “vähentää”