Where does “serkkupoika” come from?

serkkupoika (Finnish) comes from Finnish poika, from Proto-Finnic poika, from Proto-Uralic pojka — boy; son.

serkkupoika (Finnish): (young) male cousin

Definitions

  1. (young) male cousin

Ancestry of “serkkupoika”, step by step

serkkupoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son

via Finnish serkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishserkkuA first cousin
2Finnishseukku—
3Kareliansetä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →