Where does “pikkuleinikki” come from?

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

pikkuleinikki (Finnish): pygmy buttercup, Ranunculus pygmaeus

Definitions

  1. pygmy buttercup, Ranunculus pygmaeus

Ancestry of “pikkuleinikki”, step by step

pikkuleinikki 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 leinikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleinikkibuttercup
2Finnish-kkiCreates action nouns from verbs; Creates...
3Proto-Finnic-kkei—
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →
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