Where does “pikkukajava” come from?

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

pikkukajava (Finnish): black-legged kittiwake, "Rissa tridactyla"

Definitions

  1. black-legged kittiwake, "Rissa tridactyla"

Ancestry of “pikkukajava”, step by step

pikkukajava 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 kajava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkajavagull; kittiwake
2Proto-Finnickajagagull
3Proto-Uralickajagull
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →