Where does “pikku-uutinen” come from?
pikku-uutinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish uutinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
pikku-uutinen (Finnish): minor news (item)
Ancestry of “pikku-uutinen”, step by step
pikku-uutinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish uutinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uutinen | news, news item, item of news; tiding; news;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
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 |