Where does “pikkulikka” come from?

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

pikkulikka (Finnish): little girl

Definitions

  1. little girl

Ancestry of “pikkulikka”, step by step

pikkulikka 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 likka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlikkagirl
2Swedishflickaa girl; to repair, to patch
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →