Where does “poikaoppilas” come from?

poikaoppilas (Finnish) comes from Finnish oppilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

poikaoppilas (Finnish): male pupil, male student; schoolboy

Definitions

  1. male pupil, male student; schoolboy

Ancestry of “poikaoppilas”, step by step

poikaoppilas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oppilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoppilaspupil
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →