Where does “vähänäkyvä” come from?
vähänäkyvä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian vähä, from Ingrian -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
vähänäkyvä (Ingrian): barely visible
Ancestry of “vähänäkyvä”, step by step
vähänäkyvä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ingrian vähä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | vähä | little, small; scanty, meagre; little, few |
| 2 | Ingrian | -in | Forms adjectives indicating the material of which something is made; -en |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish näkyvä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näkyvä | visible; Present active participle of näkyä |
| 2 | Finnish | näkyä | To be visible, be seen, show; To be... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | näküdäk | to be visible, to be seen |