Where does “pikkuliitäjä” come from?

pikkuliitäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitäjä, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

pikkuliitäjä (Finnish): Manx shearwater, "Puffinus puffinus"

Definitions

  1. Manx shearwater, "Puffinus puffinus"

Ancestry of “pikkuliitäjä”, step by step

pikkuliitäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liitäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliitäjäglider; soarer; shearwater
2Finnishice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish pikku

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

Words derived from “pikkuliitäjä

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw