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Where does “pikkuhaikara” come from?

pikkuhaikara (Finnish) comes from Finnish haikara, from Proto-Germanic haigrô, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

pikkuhaikara (Finnish): little bittern, "Ixobrychus minutus"; bittern

Definitions

  1. little bittern, "Ixobrychus minutus"; bittern

Ancestry of “pikkuhaikara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaikaraheron; stork
2Proto-Germanichaigrô—
3Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

Words derived from “pikkuhaikara”

  • amerikanpikkuhaikara
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