Where does “pikkumusta” come from?

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

pikkumusta (Finnish): little black dress; The short black underpants...

Definitions

  1. little black dress; The short black underpants...

Ancestry of “pikkumusta”, step by step

pikkumusta 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 musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →