Where does “poikanulikka” come from?

poikanulikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nulikka, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

Ancestry of “poikanulikka”, step by step

poikanulikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nulikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnulikkarascal
2Finnish-kkäFront vowel variant of -kka
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →