Where does “naapurinpoika” come from?

naapurinpoika (Finnish) comes from Finnish naapuri, from Old Swedish nabor, from Middle Low German nābûr, from Proto-Germanic nēhwagabūrô, from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- — to reach, to attain.

naapurinpoika (Finnish): boy next door

Definitions

  1. boy next door

Ancestry of “naapurinpoika”, step by step

naapurinpoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish naapuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaapurineighbor; In compounds, signifies "neighboring"
2Old Swedishnabor—
3Middle Low Germannābûr—
4Proto-Germanicnēhwagabūrôneighbour
5Proto-Germanicnēhwaznear, close
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂nḗḱwos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂neḱ-to reach, to attain

via Finnish poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz →