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

  1. little, small; scanty, meagre; little, few

Ancestry of “vähä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrian-inForms adjectives indicating the material of which something is made; -en
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
3Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “vähä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Ingrian -in →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in →