Where does “pikkuluppio” come from?

pikkuluppio (Finnish) comes from Finnish luppio, from Finnish -iö, from Spanish -ijo, from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.

pikkuluppio (Finnish): salad burnet, garden burnet, small burnet, Sanguisorba minor

Definitions

  1. salad burnet, garden burnet, small burnet, Sanguisorba minor

Ancestry of “pikkuluppio”, step by step

pikkuluppio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luppio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluppioburnet plant of the genus
2Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
3Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
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