Where does “pikkukorppikotka” come from?

pikkukorppikotka (Finnish) comes from Finnish korppikotka, from Finnish Korppi, from Old Swedish korper, from Old Norse korpr — raven.

pikkukorppikotka (Finnish): Egyptian vulture, "Neophron percnopterus"

Definitions

  1. Egyptian vulture, "Neophron percnopterus"

Ancestry of “pikkukorppikotka”, step by step

pikkukorppikotka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korppikotka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkorppikotkaOld World vulture; vulture
2FinnishKorppithe constellation Corvus, the Crow
3Old Swedishkorper—
4Old Norsekorprraven

via Finnish pikku

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