Where does “puisis” come from?

puisis (Latvian) comes from Livonian pȯis, from Livonian pūoga, from Proto-Finnic poika, from Proto-Uralic pojka — boy; son.

puisis (Latvian): young man, youth, boy; boy; servant, help;...

Definitions

  1. young man, youth, boy; boy; servant, help;...

Ancestry of “puisis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianpȯisa young man; a guy; boy, help, servant
2Livonianpūogason
3Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
4Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son

Words derived from “puisis”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Livonian pūoga →