Where does “pikkuvarpunen” come from?

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

pikkuvarpunen (Finnish): tree sparrow

Definitions

  1. tree sparrow

Ancestry of “pikkuvarpunen”, step by step

pikkuvarpunen 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 varpunen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarpunensparrow; passerine, sparrow
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →