Where does “pien-” come from?
pien- (Finnish) comes from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.
pien- (Finnish): small, micro-
Ancestry of “pien-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pieni | little, small; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | peeni | little, small; fine |
Words derived from “pien-”