Where does “pieniä” come from?

pieniä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

pieniä (Finnish): To cut into pieces; Partitive plural form of...

Definitions

  1. To cut into pieces; Partitive plural form of...

Ancestry of “pieniä”, step by step

pieniä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish pieni

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

Words derived from “pieniä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →