Where does “poikapöpö” come from?

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

Ancestry of “poikapöpö”, step by step

poikapöpö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poika

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

via Finnish pöpö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöpöbug, contagious disease
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Finnish poika →