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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvähälittle, small; scanty, meagre; little, few
2Ingrian-in—
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “vähentää”

  • vähentää
  • vähennyslasku
  • vähennys
  • vähennyskelpoinen
  • vähennyskelpoisuus
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