Where does “pienennys” come from?
pienennys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pienentää, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.
pienennys (Finnish): diminishment, reduction
Ancestry of “pienennys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pienentää | to make smaller, to shrink; to reduce, diminish;... |
| 2 | Finnish | pieni | little, small; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | peeni | little, small; fine |
Words derived from “pienennys”