Where does “pikkukuovi” come from?

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

pikkukuovi (Finnish): whimbrel

Definitions

  1. whimbrel

Ancestry of “pikkukuovi”, step by step

pikkukuovi 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 kuovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuovicurlew; Eurasian curlew
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →