Where does “pienennysmuoto” come from?

pienennysmuoto (Finnish) comes from Finnish muoto, from Proto-Finnic mooto, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

pienennysmuoto (Finnish): diminutive

Definitions

  1. diminutive

Ancestry of “pienennysmuoto”, step by step

pienennysmuoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuotoshape; form; format
2Proto-Finnicmootoshape, form; appearance; manner, way
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Finnish pienennys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpienennysdiminishment, reduction
2Finnishpienentääto make smaller, to shrink; to reduce, diminish;...
3Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
4Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Finnic mooto →