Where does “pikkunieriä” come from?
pikkunieriä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikku, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.
pikkunieriä (Finnish): small Arctic char smaller of the two variants of Arctic char
Definitions
- small Arctic char smaller of the two variants of Arctic char
Ancestry of “pikkunieriä”, step by step
pikkunieriä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pikku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pikku | little, small; little old |
| 2 | Finnish | pieni | little, small; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | peeni | little, small; fine |
via Finnish nieriä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nieriä | Arctic char |