Where does “pikkumaisesti” come from?
pikkumaisesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikkumainen, from Finnish pikku, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.
pikkumaisesti (Finnish): pedantically, nitpickingly
Definitions
- pedantically, nitpickingly
Ancestry of “pikkumaisesti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pikkumainen | pedantic, nitpicky |
| 2 | Finnish | pikku | little, small; little old |
| 3 | Finnish | pieni | little, small; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | peeni | little, small; fine |