Where does “pikkulokki” come from?

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

pikkulokki (Finnish): little gull

Definitions

  1. little gull

Ancestry of “pikkulokki”, step by step

pikkulokki 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 lokki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlokkigull, seagull
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →