Where does “polopoika” come from?

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

polopoika (Ingrian): poor boy

Definitions

  1. poor boy

Ancestry of “polopoika”, step by step

polopoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpoikason; boy; dude, bloke
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son

via Ingrian polo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpolopoor
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Ingrian poika →