Where does “pikku-” come from?

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

pikku- (Finnish): small, minor, little

Definitions

  1. small, minor, little

Ancestry of “pikku-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →