Where does “pikkuasia” come from?

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

pikkuasia (Finnish): trifle, minor thing, peanuts, small potatoes, small fry, small beer thing of little importance

Definitions

  1. trifle, minor thing, peanuts, small potatoes, small fry, small beer thing of little importance

Ancestry of “pikkuasia”, step by step

pikkuasia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine

via Finnish asia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasiaissue, matter, affair, concern, business,...
2Proto-Finnicacjamatter, case
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni