Where does “verenvähyys” come from?

verenvähyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish veri, from Proto-Finnic veri, from Proto-Uralic were — blood.

Ancestry of “verenvähyys”, step by step

verenvähyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish vähyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähyysscarcity, fewness
2Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
3Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →