Where does “немногочисленный” come from?
немногочисленный (Russian) comes from Russian многочи́сленный, from Russian число́, from Old East Slavic число, from Proto-Slavic čislo, from Proto-Slavic čisti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic (s)keistéi, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷéyt-t ~ *(s)kit-ént, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeyt- — to notice; to read.
немногочисленный (Russian): not numerous, few
Ancestry of “немногочисленный”, step by step