Where does “pikkupika” come from?
pikkupika (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikku, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.
pikkupika (Finnish): steppe pika, Ochotona pusilla
Definitions
- steppe pika, Ochotona pusilla
Ancestry of “pikkupika”, step by step
pikkupika 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 Finnish pika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pika | pika; the taxonomic family Ochotonidae |
| 2 | English | pika | Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to... |
| 3 | French | pika | pika |