Where does “poikalapsi” come from?

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

poikalapsi (Finnish): A boy child

Definitions

  1. A boy child

Ancestry of “poikalapsi”, step by step

poikalapsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poika

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

via Finnish lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Finnish poika →