Where does “kevéssé” come from?

kevéssé (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kevés, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.

kevéssé (Hungarian): little; somewhat; translative singular of kevés

Definitions

  1. little; somewhat; translative singular of kevés

Ancestry of “kevéssé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankevésfew, little; a little, some
2Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight
Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →Every word from Hungarian kevés →