Where does “vahata” come from?
vahata (Finnish) comes from Finnish vähä, from Proto-Finnic vähä — small amount, little.
vahata (Finnish): to wax
Ancestry of “vahata”, step by step
vahata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vähä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vähä | the little; little, few, scarce |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vähä | small amount, little |
via Finnish tä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tä | what |
| 2 | Finnish | mitä | Partitive singular form of mikä; Partitive... |
Words derived from “vahata”