Where does “poikaraukka” come from?

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

poikaraukka (Finnish): poor boy

Definitions

  1. poor boy

Ancestry of “poikaraukka”, step by step

poikaraukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poika

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

via Finnish raukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraukkawretch; coward; poor thing
2Proto-Finnicraukkawretch, poor thing
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Finnish poika →
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