Where does “vahasara” come from?

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

vahasara (Finnish): glaucous sedge, Carex flacca

Definitions

  1. glaucous sedge, Carex flacca

Ancestry of “vahasara”, step by step

vahasara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vähä

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

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Finnic vähä →Every word from Finnish vähä →