Where does “poika” come from?

poika (Old Swedish) comes from Finnish poika, from Proto-Finnic poika, from Proto-Uralic pojka — boy; son.

Ancestry of “poika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son

Words derived from “poika”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Finnish poika →
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