Where does “pikkunukke” come from?
pikkunukke (Finnish) comes from Finnish nukke, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
pikkunukke (Finnish): little doll
Ancestry of “pikkunukke”, step by step
pikkunukke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nukke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nukke | doll; puppet |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
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 |