Where does “pikkuliituri” come from?
pikkuliituri (Finnish) comes from Finnish liituri, from Finnish liitää, from Proto-Germanic glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- — to glide.
pikkuliituri (Finnish): dwarf flying squirrel flying squirrel of the Asian genus Petinomys
Definitions
- dwarf flying squirrel flying squirrel of the Asian genus Petinomys
Ancestry of “pikkuliituri”, step by step
pikkuliituri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liituri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liituri | flying squirrel squirrel of the tribe Petauristinae in the family |
| 2 | Finnish | liitää | to sail; to glide; to soar |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | glīdaną | to glide; slide |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰleydʰ- | to glide |
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 |
Words derived from “pikkuliituri”