Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vähä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *wäšä. Cognate with Erzya вишка (viška), веженсь (veženś).

Adverb

*vähä[1]

  1. small amount, little

Adjective

*vähä[1]

  1. little, few

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: vähe
  • Finnish: vähä
  • Ingrian: vähä
  • Karelian: vähä
  • Livvi: vähä
  • Ludian: vähä
  • Veps: vähä
  • Võro: vähä
  • Votic: vähä

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vähä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • vähe”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012