Where does “puiseits” come from?

puiseits (Latgalian) comes from Latgalian puiss, from Livonian pȯis, from Livonian pūoga, from Proto-Finnic poika, from Proto-Uralic pojka — boy; son.

puiseits (Latgalian): little boy

Definitions

  1. little boy

Ancestry of “puiseits”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latgalianpuissboy
2Livonianpȯisa young man; a guy; boy, help, servant
3Livonianpūogason
4Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
5Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Livonian pūoga →