Where does “pikkumainen” come from?

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

pikkumainen (Finnish): pedantic, nitpicky

Definitions

  1. pedantic, nitpicky

Ancestry of “pikkumainen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pikkumainen”

Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →