Where does “pikkuserkku” come from?

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

pikkuserkku (Finnish): second cousin

Definitions

  1. second cousin

Ancestry of “pikkuserkku”, step by step

pikkuserkku 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 serkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishserkkuA first cousin
2Finnishseukku—
3Kareliansetä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →