Where does “vähentymä” come from?

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

vähentymä (Finnish): decrease by how much something has decreased

Definitions

  1. decrease by how much something has decreased

Ancestry of “vähentymä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähentyä—
2FinnishvähentääTo decrease, reduce, diminish; To deduct; To...
3Ingrianvähälittle, small; scanty, meagre; little, few
4Ingrian-inForms adjectives indicating the material of which something is made; -en
5Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
6Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Ingrian -in →Every word from Ingrian vähä →