Where does “poikamaisuus” come from?

poikamaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish poikamainen, from Finnish mainen, from Finnish maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

poikamaisuus (Finnish): boyishness

Definitions

  1. boyishness

Ancestry of “poikamaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikamainenboyish
2Finnishmainenworldly
3Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
4Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
5Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →