Where does “variksenpoikanen” come from?

variksenpoikanen (Finnish) comes from Finnish poikanen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

variksenpoikanen (Finnish): crow chick, baby crow

Definitions

  1. crow chick, baby crow

Ancestry of “variksenpoikanen”, step by step

variksenpoikanen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poikanen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpoikanenDiminutive of poika; little boy; young
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish varis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarishooded crow, grey crow, "Corvus cornix"; corvid,...
2Proto-Finnicvaris—
3Proto-Uralicwarᴈcrow
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →