Where does “pikkusieppo” come from?
pikkusieppo (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikku, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.
pikkusieppo (Finnish): red-breasted flycatcher
Ancestry of “pikkusieppo”, step by step
pikkusieppo 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 sieppo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sieppo | flycatcher, especially an Old World flycatcher |
| 2 | Finnish | siepata | To snatch, to catch, to nab, to grab; To... |
Words derived from “pikkusieppo”