Where does “pienuus” come from?

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

pienuus (Finnish): smallness

Definitions

  1. smallness

Ancestry of “pienuus”, step by step

pienuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pieni

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

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →