Where does “pikkurousku” come from?
pikkurousku (Finnish) comes from Finnish rousku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
pikkurousku (Finnish): birch milk-cap, "Lactarius tabidus"
Definitions
- birch milk-cap, "Lactarius tabidus"
Ancestry of “pikkurousku”, step by step
pikkurousku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rousku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rousku | A milk-cap |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
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 |