Where does “pikkupyykki” come from?
pikkupyykki (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyykki, from Swedish byk, from Swedish byka, from Middle Low German büken.
pikkupyykki (Finnish): small laundry; delicates, socks, etc
Definitions
- small laundry; delicates, socks, etc
Ancestry of “pikkupyykki”, step by step
pikkupyykki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pyykki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pyykki | laundry; A post that is used to mark something,... |
| 2 | Swedish | byk | a bunch of clothes to be washed |
| 3 | Swedish | byka | to wash |
| 4 | Middle Low German | büken | — |
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 |