Where does “pikkutärkeys” come from?

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

pikkutärkeys (Finnish): snobbiness, pickiness, conceitedness, self-importance

Definitions

  1. snobbiness, pickiness, conceitedness, self-importance

Ancestry of “pikkutärkeys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkutärkeäsnobby, picky, conceited, self-important, stuck up
2Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
3Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
4Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni