Where does “pikku-ukko” come from?
pikku-ukko (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikku, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.
pikku-ukko (Finnish): tiny man, little man
Ancestry of “pikku-ukko”, step by step
pikku-ukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pikku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pikku | little, small; little old |
| 2 | Finnish | pieni | little, small; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | peeni | little, small; fine |
via Finnish Ukko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Ukko | supreme god in Finnish mythology; Ukko's < Ukko,... |
| 2 | Finnish | ukko | old man, gaffer; adult male wood grouse or black... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ukko | old man |