Where does “pikkulehti” come from?

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

pikkulehti (Finnish): minor newspaper

Definitions

  1. minor newspaper

Ancestry of “pikkulehti”, step by step

pikkulehti 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 Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →