Where does “poikakissa” come from?

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

poikakissa (Finnish): boy cat, tomcat

Definitions

  1. boy cat, tomcat

Ancestry of “poikakissa”, step by step

poikakissa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poika

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

via Finnish kissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkissacat; cat, chick, fox
2Swedishkissecat, kitty
3Swedishkisspee, wee, tinkle, urine
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