adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
peccuinus
*peccuinus (feminine *peccuina, neuter *peccuinum)
Meaning
- Proto Romanceadjectivereconstructionsmall, little
Origins
Variant of pittinus, diminutive of *pittus, from earlier *piccus, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small, little”). Alteration of -tt-/-cc- also possibly due to the influence of paucus (“few, little”).
Elsewhere
- Italianpiccino
- Portuguesepequenofrom Old Galician-Portuguese pequeno
- Romanianpuțin
- Romanianpucin
- Romanianpic
- Sardinianpithinnu
- Spanishpequeño
- Mirandesepequeinho
- Falapequenufrom Old Galician-Portuguese pequeno
- Galicianpequenofrom Old Galician-Portuguese pequeno
Occitan
- Gasconpouninn
- Provençalpechin