Where does “vahas” come from?

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

vahas (Finnish): stencil for mimeograph printing

Definitions

  1. stencil for mimeograph printing

Ancestry of “vahas”, step by step

vahas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vähä

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

via Finnish s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsthe letter s

Words derived from “vahas”

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