Where does “vajaamittainen” come from?

vajaamittainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish mittainen, from Finnish mitta, from Proto-Finnic mitta — measure.

vajaamittainen (Finnish): short, not of full size

Definitions

  1. short, not of full size

Ancestry of “vajaamittainen”, step by step

vajaamittainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mittainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittainenmeasuring, of a measure, being of a certain size,...
2Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
3Proto-Finnicmittameasure

via Finnish vajaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvajaanot full; partial, incomplete; shy; mentally...
2Proto-Finnicvajaganecessary, needed

Words derived from “vajaamittainen”

Every word from Proto-Finnic mitta →Every word from Finnish mitta →Every word from Finnish mittainen →