Where does “raikulipoika” come from?

raikulipoika (Finnish) comes from Finnish raikuli, from Finnish -uli, from Finnish -li, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

raikulipoika (Finnish): wild boy, lively boy

Definitions

  1. wild boy, lively boy

Ancestry of “raikulipoika”, step by step

raikulipoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raikuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraikuliboisterous, lively
2Finnish-uliForms diminutive nouns
3Finnish-liForms diminutive nouns
4Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
5Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
6Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
7Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →