Where does “poikatyttö” come from?

poikatyttö (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyttö, from Finnish tytär, from Proto-Finnic tüt'är, from Proto-Balto-Slavic duktḗ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

poikatyttö (Finnish): tomboy

Definitions

  1. tomboy

Ancestry of “poikatyttö”, step by step

poikatyttö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tyttö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyttögirl; Synonym of tytär
2Finnishtytärdaughter
3Proto-Finnictüt'ärdaughter
4Proto-Balto-Slavicduktḗdaughter
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰugh₂tḗrdaughter
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

via Finnish poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic duktḗ →