Where does “pikkurokko” come from?

pikkurokko (Finnish) comes from Finnish rokko, from Finnish nokkosrokko, from Finnish nokkonen, from Finnish nokka, from Proto-Finnic nokka — beak, bill.

pikkurokko (Finnish): fifth disease; slap face, slapcheek, slapped...

Definitions

  1. fifth disease; slap face, slapcheek, slapped...

Ancestry of “pikkurokko”, step by step

pikkurokko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rokko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrokkopock; pox; used of some plant diseases which...
2Finnishnokkosrokkourticaria
3Finnishnokkonennettle; stinging nettle
4Finnishnokkabeak, bill, rostrum; beak; front of a car or...
5Proto-Finnicnokkabeak, bill

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
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