Where does “Pikku-Otava” come from?

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

Pikku-Otava (Finnish): Little Dipper asterism

Definitions

  1. Little Dipper asterism

Ancestry of “Pikku-Otava”, step by step

Pikku-Otava 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 otava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishotavacartwheel; A kind of fish trap, salmon net
2Proto-Finnicotavafishweir, salmon net
3Proto-Uralicočadam net, enclosure
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