Where does “vahaus” come from?
vahaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vahata, from Finnish vähä, from Proto-Finnic vähä.
vahaus (Finnish): waxing
Ancestry of “vahaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vahata | to wax |
| 2 | Finnish | vähä | the little; little, few, scarce |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vähä | — |