Where does “pikkutikka” come from?

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

pikkutikka (Finnish): lesser spotted woodpecker

Definitions

  1. lesser spotted woodpecker

Ancestry of “pikkutikka”, step by step

pikkutikka 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 tikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikkawoodpecker; dart
2Proto-Finnictikkawoodpecker
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →