Where does “pikkupekari” come from?
pikkupekari (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikku, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.
pikkupekari (Finnish): collared peccary, Pecari tajacu
Definitions
- collared peccary, Pecari tajacu
Ancestry of “pikkupekari”, step by step
pikkupekari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via German Pekari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Pekari | peccary, javelina |
| 2 | English | peccary | Any of the family Tayassuidae of mammals from the... |
| 3 | Galibi Carib | pakira | — |