Where does “poikatukka” come from?

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

poikatukka (Finnish): pixie cut, boy cut haircut

Definitions

  1. pixie cut, boy cut haircut

Ancestry of “poikatukka”, step by step

poikatukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poika

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

via Finnish tukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukkahair
2Proto-Finnictukkahair on the head
3Proto-Uralicčukka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Finnish poika →