Where does “pikkupanda” come from?

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

pikkupanda (Finnish): red panda, lesser panda

Definitions

  1. red panda, lesser panda

Ancestry of “pikkupanda”, step by step

pikkupanda 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 panda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpandapanda
2Frenchpandapanda
3Russianпа́ндаpanda (Ailurus fulgens)
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →
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