Where does “pikkutelkkä” come from?
pikkutelkkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikku, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.
pikkutelkkä (Finnish): bufflehead, "Bucephala albeola"
Definitions
- bufflehead, "Bucephala albeola"
Ancestry of “pikkutelkkä”, step by step
pikkutelkkä 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 telkkä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | telkkä | Any of the ducks in the goldeneye genus... |