Where does “pikkukoskelo” come from?
pikkukoskelo (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikku, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.
Ancestry of “pikkukoskelo”, step by step
pikkukoskelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pikku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pikku | little, small; little old |
| 2 | Finnish | pieni | little, small; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | peeni | little, small; fine |
via Finnish koskelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koskelo | a merganser |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *kośka | — |