Where does “pȯiški” come from?

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

pȯiški (Livonian): boy

Definitions

  1. boy

Ancestry of “pȯiški”, step by step

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