Where does “viiksivaha” come from?

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

viiksivaha (Finnish): moustache wax

Definitions

  1. moustache wax

Ancestry of “viiksivaha”, step by step

viiksivaha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vähä

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

via Finnish viiksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviiksione half of a moustache; moustache; Short for...
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