Where does “pikkuvarvas” come from?

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

pikkuvarvas (Finnish): little toe smallest toe, fifth toe from medial to lateral

Definitions

  1. little toe smallest toe, fifth toe from medial to lateral

Ancestry of “pikkuvarvas”, step by step

pikkuvarvas 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 varvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarvastoe
2Proto-Finnicvarbastoe
3Proto-Finnicvarpathin stick, twig
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →