Where does “pikkumies” come from?

pikkumies (Finnish) comes from Finnish mies, from Proto-Finnic mees, from Proto-Finnic meexes.

Ancestry of “pikkumies”, step by step

pikkumies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—

via Finnish pikku

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