Where does “pikkutärkeä” come from?

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

pikkutärkeä (Finnish): snobby, picky, conceited, self-important, stuck up

Definitions

  1. snobby, picky, conceited, self-important, stuck up

Ancestry of “pikkutärkeä”, step by step

pikkutärkeä 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 tärkeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtärkeäimportant; erittäin tärkeä: very important,...
2Proto-Finnictärkedäimportant

Words derived from “pikkutärkeä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →