Where does “vahaus” come from?

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

vahaus (Finnish): waxing

Definitions

  1. waxing

Ancestry of “vahaus”, step by step

vahaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vahata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahatato wax
2Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
3Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “vahaus”

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