Where does “vähimmäiseläke” come from?
vähimmäiseläke (Finnish) comes from Finnish eläke, from Finnish -ke, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
vähimmäiseläke (Finnish): minimum pension
Definitions
- minimum pension
Ancestry of “vähimmäiseläke”, step by step
vähimmäiseläke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish eläke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | eläke | pension |
| 2 | Finnish | -ke | Forms diminutive forms of nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -kkä | Front vowel variant of -kka |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish vähimmäinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vähimmäinen | minimal, minimum |
| 2 | Finnish | vähin | superlative degree of vähä; Instructive plural ... |
| 3 | Finnish | vähä | the little; little, few, scarce |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vähä | small amount, little |