Where does “derkku” come from?

derkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish serkku, from Finnish seukku, from Karelian setä.

derkku (Finnish): A citizen of the former East Germany

Definitions

  1. A citizen of the former East Germany

Ancestry of “derkku”, step by step

derkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish serkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishserkkuA first cousin
2Finnishseukku—
3Kareliansetä—

via English DDR

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDDRInitialism of double data rate; Double-data-rate...

Words derived from “derkku”

Every word from Karelian setä →Every word from Finnish seukku →Every word from Finnish serkku →