Where does “pikkuinen” come from?

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

pikkuinen (Finnish): little, tiny; little one

Definitions

  1. little, tiny; little one

Ancestry of “pikkuinen”, step by step

pikkuinen 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 inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →