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

pikkuhaikara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haikara

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

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine

Words derived from “pikkuhaikara”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hraigrô →Every word from Proto-Germanic haigrô →