Where does “pikkutiira” come from?

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

pikkutiira (Finnish): little tern, "Sternula albifrons"

Definitions

  1. little tern, "Sternula albifrons"

Ancestry of “pikkutiira”, step by step

pikkutiira 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 tiira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiiratern

Words derived from “pikkutiira”

Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →