Where does “pikkujuttu” come from?

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

pikkujuttu (Finnish): trifle, minor thing, peanuts, small potatoes,...

Definitions

  1. trifle, minor thing, peanuts, small potatoes,...

Ancestry of “pikkujuttu”, step by step

pikkujuttu 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 juttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuttutalk; tale; anecdote
2Proto-Finnicjuttutalk
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjukta-to tell
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →
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