Where does “pikkulepinkäinen” come from?

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

pikkulepinkäinen (Finnish): red-backed shrike

Definitions

  1. red-backed shrike

Ancestry of “pikkulepinkäinen”, step by step

pikkulepinkäinen 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 lepinkäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlepinkäinenshrike
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →