Where does “pyykkipoika” come from?

pyykkipoika (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyykki, from Swedish byk, from Swedish byka, from Middle Low German büken.

pyykkipoika (Finnish): clothes peg, clothespin

Definitions

  1. clothes peg, clothespin

Ancestry of “pyykkipoika”, step by step

pyykkipoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyykki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyykkilaundry; A post that is used to mark something,...
2Swedishbyka bunch of clothes to be washed
3Swedishbykato wash
4Middle Low Germanbüken—

via Finnish poika

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

Words derived from “pyykkipoika”

Every word from Middle Low German büken →Every word from Swedish byka →Every word from Swedish byk →