somewhat; to some degree; rather; slightly · at all; in any way
eş: iets, ietwat, enigermate
köken: From Middle Dutch enegssins. It represents a univerbation of enigs (“some”) + zins (“sense, meaning”), a genitival noun phrase used adverbially.
köken: A genitive or instructive singular form of *hiema, which could be from Proto-Finnic *hëëma-, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sēmô through earlier *šeema(n) (in which case the word is a doublet of siemen), or alternatively derived from hieta through irregular suffix substitution. However, neither of these can be considered certain.
Saisinko hieman lisää?
Tänään meillä on tarjolla jotain hieman erikoisempaa.
köken: Uncertain, as with a number of similar words across the Romance languages. Probably from Vulgar Latin *putīnus, a blend/alteration of Latin pisinnus, pittinnus and putillus, pusillus, all meaning “a teeny boy”. Compare Aromanian putsãn; further Albanian picërr, Italian piccino and piccolo, French petit and Occitan pitchoun, Old Logudorese pithinnu, Tarantino piččinnu. An alternative, perhaps less…
aile: cel puțin, împuțina, mai puțin, puțina, puținătate, puțintel
köken: From Proto-Indo-Aryan *īṣát, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *īšát, from Proto-Indo-European *isn̥t, from *is (“a little”). Cognate with Albanian imtë (“tiny, small”), Latvian īss (“short”), Lithuanian įsas and Old Prussian insan.