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

Definitions

  1. diminishment, reduction

Ancestry of “pienennys”, step by step

pienennys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pienentää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpienentääto make smaller, to shrink; to reduce, diminish;...
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “pienennys”

Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pienentää →