Where does “pikkukäpylintu” come from?

pikkukäpylintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish käpylintu, from Finnish lintu, from Proto-Finnic lintu, from Proto-Uralic lunta — bird; goose.

pikkukäpylintu (Finnish): red crossbill or common crossbill

Definitions

  1. red crossbill or common crossbill

Ancestry of “pikkukäpylintu”, step by step

pikkukäpylintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käpylintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpylintucrossbill, a bird of the genus "Loxia"
2Finnishlintubird; poultry
3Proto-Finniclintubird
4Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →