Where does “meikäpoika” come from?

meikäpoika (Finnish) comes from Finnish meikä, from Finnish meikäläinen, from Finnish me, from Proto-Finnic *mek, from Proto-Uralic me — we.

Ancestry of “meikäpoika”, step by step

meikäpoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish meikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmeikä—
2Finnishmeikäläinenone of us; I; used sometimes in speech to express...
3Finnishmewe
4Proto-Finnic*mek—
5Proto-Uralicmewe

via Finnish poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
Every word from Proto-Uralic me →Every word from Proto-Finnic *mek →Every word from Finnish me →