Where does “vähimmäis-” come from?

vähimmäis- (Finnish) comes from Finnish vähin, from Finnish vähä, from Proto-Finnic vähä — small amount, little.

vähimmäis- (Finnish): minimum

Definitions

  1. minimum

Ancestry of “vähimmäis-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähinsuperlative degree of vähä; Instructive plural ...
2Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
3Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little
Every word from Proto-Finnic vähä →Every word from Finnish vähä →Every word from Finnish vähin →