Where does “nokipoika” come from?

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

nokipoika (Finnish): boy working as a chimney sweep

Definitions

  1. boy working as a chimney sweep

Ancestry of “nokipoika”, step by step

nokipoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poika

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

via Finnish noki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokisoot; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicnokisoot
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Finnish poika →