Where does “vähä” come from?
vähä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
vähä (Ingrian): little, small; scanty, meagre; little, few
Definitions
- little, small; scanty, meagre; little, few
Ancestry of “vähä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | -in | — |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |