Where does “penikkõ” come from?

penikkõ (Votic) comes from Finnish penikka, from Finnish peni, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *peni, from Proto-Uralic penä — dog.

penikkõ (Votic): puppy

Definitions

  1. puppy

Ancestry of “penikkõ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpenikkapuppy; child, brat
2Finnishpenidog
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*peni—
4Proto-Uralicpenädog
Every word from Proto-Uralic penä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *peni →Every word from Finnish peni →
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