Where does “vähyys” come from?

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

vähyys (Finnish): scarcity, fewness

Definitions

  1. scarcity, fewness

Ancestry of “vähyys”, step by step

vähyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vähä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
2Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “vähyys”

Every word from Proto-Finnic vähä →Every word from Finnish vähä →