Where does “vähentäjä” come from?

vähentäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

vähentäjä (Finnish): reducer something that

Definitions

  1. reducer something that

Ancestry of “vähentäjä”, step by step

vähentäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish vähentää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvähentääTo decrease, reduce, diminish; To deduct; To...
2Ingrianvähälittle, small; scanty, meagre; little, few
3Ingrian-inForms adjectives indicating the material of which something is made; -en
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
5Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →