Where does “pienipalkkainen” come from?

pienipalkkainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.

pienipalkkainen (Finnish): with a small pay or salary

Definitions

  1. with a small pay or salary

Ancestry of “pienipalkkainen”, step by step

pienipalkkainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pieni

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

via Finnish palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
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