Where does “pikkukotka” come from?

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

pikkukotka (Finnish): booted eagle, "Hieraaetus pennatus"

Definitions

  1. booted eagle, "Hieraaetus pennatus"

Ancestry of “pikkukotka”, step by step

pikkukotka 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 Kotka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKotkaThe constellation Aquila
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →