Where does “mazināšana” come from?

mazināšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian mazināt, from Latvian mazs, from Proto-Baltic *maźas.

mazināšana (Latvian): reducing, reduction; verbal noun of mazināt

Definitions

  1. reducing, reduction; verbal noun of mazināt

Ancestry of “mazināšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmazināt2nd person plural present indicative form of...
2Latvianmazssmall, little; small, short; small, little, low
3Proto-Baltic*maźas—
Every word from Proto-Baltic *maźas →Every word from Latvian mazs →Every word from Latvian mazināt →