Where does “poikabakteeri” come from?
poikabakteeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish bakteeri, from New Latin bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον, from Ancient Greek βακτηρία, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.
poikabakteeri (Finnish): cootie, boy germ imaginary germ that the boys are supposed to have, used as a pretence to avoid their company or just to make a fuss about nothing
Definitions
- cootie, boy germ imaginary germ that the boys are supposed to have, used as a pretence to avoid their company or just to make a fuss about nothing
Ancestry of “poikabakteeri”, step by step
poikabakteeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.