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Where does “pjen” come from?

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

pjen (Westrobothnian): Small, weak, insignificant

Definitions

  1. Small, weak, insignificant

Ancestry of “pjen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
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