Where does “pikkupuku” come from?

pikkupuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish puku, from Zulu mpuku, from Proto-Bantu *pʊ́kʊ̀ — rat, mouse.

pikkupuku (Finnish): short one-piece suit

Definitions

  1. short one-piece suit

Ancestry of “pikkupuku”, step by step

pikkupuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpukusuit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers
2Zulumpuku
3Proto-Bantu*pʊ́kʊ̀rat, mouse

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
Every word from Proto-Bantu *pʊ́kʊ̀
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