Where does “pikkuserkukset” come from?

pikkuserkukset (Finnish) comes from Finnish serkukset, from Finnish serkku, from Finnish seukku, from Karelian setä.

pikkuserkukset (Finnish): second cousins collective term for people who are each other's second cousins

Definitions

  1. second cousins collective term for people who are each other's second cousins

Ancestry of “pikkuserkukset”, step by step

pikkuserkukset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish serkukset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishserkuksetcousins
2FinnishserkkuA first cousin
3Finnishseukku—
4Kareliansetä—

via Finnish pikku

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