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Where does “pien-” come from?

pien- (Finnish) comes from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.

pien- (Finnish): small, micro-

Definitions

  1. small, micro-

Ancestry of “pien-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine

Words derived from “pien-”

  • pientietokone
  • pienase
  • pienloistelamppu
  • pienyritys
  • pienviljelijä
  • pientalo
  • pienilmasto
  • pienaakkonen
  • pieneliö
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