Where does “pikkupakkanen” come from?

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

pikkupakkanen (Finnish): weather that is just below zero degrees (Celsius)

Definitions

  1. weather that is just below zero degrees (Celsius)

Ancestry of “pikkupakkanen”, step by step

pikkupakkanen 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 pakkanen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakkanenfrost, sub-zero temperature of ambient air; in...
2Proto-Finnicpakkainenfrost
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →