Where does “lähettipoika” come from?
lähettipoika (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetti, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
lähettipoika (Finnish): delivery boy, errand boy
Ancestry of “lähettipoika”, step by step
lähettipoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lähetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähetti | messenger, courier; orderly; errand boy |
| 2 | Finnish | lähettää | to send; to dispatch; to ship |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish poika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poika | boy; son; young |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | poika | son; boy |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pojka | boy; son |