Where does “pikkuporkkana” come from?

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

pikkuporkkana (Finnish): baby carrot

Definitions

  1. baby carrot

Ancestry of “pikkuporkkana”, step by step

pikkuporkkana 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 porkkana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishporkkanacarrot; Essive singular form of porkka
2Russianборканcarrot
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →