Where does “pikkutekijä” come from?

pikkutekijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tekijä, from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

pikkutekijä (Finnish): small fry

Definitions

  1. small fry

Ancestry of “pikkutekijä”, step by step

pikkutekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tekijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtekijäauthor, auteur; maker; doer
2Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
3Estoniantegemato do
4Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
5Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →