Where does “messipoika” come from?

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

messipoika (Finnish): cabin boy, ship's boy

Definitions

  1. cabin boy, ship's boy

Ancestry of “messipoika”, step by step

messipoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poika

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

via Finnish messi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmessimess
2Swedishmäss—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Finnish poika →