Where does “kiiltokuvapoika” come from?

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

kiiltokuvapoika (Finnish): pretty boy

Definitions

  1. pretty boy

Ancestry of “kiiltokuvapoika”, step by step

kiiltokuvapoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poika

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

via Finnish kiiltokuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiiltokuvaa glossy and often embossed print used as a decoration; glossy die cut
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Finnish poika →