Where does “pikkurihkama” come from?

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

pikkurihkama (Finnish): trifle, trinket

Definitions

  1. trifle, trinket

Ancestry of “pikkurihkama”, step by step

pikkurihkama 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 rihkama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrihkamabauble cheap piece of jewellery
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →