Where does “vähälumiin” come from?

vähälumiin (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian vähä, from Ingrian -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

vähälumiin (Ingrian): having little snow

Definitions

  1. having little snow

Ancestry of “vähälumiin”, step by step

vähälumiin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian vähä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvähälittle, small; scanty, meagre; little, few
2Ingrian-inForms adjectives indicating the material of which something is made; -en
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Ingrian lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlumisnow
2Proto-Finniclumisnow
3Proto-Uraliclomesnow
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Ingrian -in →Every word from Ingrian vähä →