Where does “pikkujoulu” come from?

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

pikkujoulu (Finnish): pre-Christmas party

Definitions

  1. pre-Christmas party

Ancestry of “pikkujoulu”, step by step

pikkujoulu 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 joulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjouluChristmas; Abbreviation of joulukuu

Words derived from “pikkujoulu”

Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →