Where does “flickpojke” come from?
flickpojke (Swedish) comes from Swedish pojke, from Old Swedish poika, from Finnish poika, from Proto-Finnic poika, from Proto-Uralic pojka — boy; son.
flickpojke (Swedish): a tomgirl (boy with stereotypically girlish manners)
Definitions
- a tomgirl (boy with stereotypically girlish manners)
Ancestry of “flickpojke”, step by step
flickpojke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish pojke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pojke | a boy; a young male |
| 2 | Old Swedish | poika | — |
| 3 | Finnish | poika | boy; son; young |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | poika | son; boy |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | pojka | boy; son |
via Swedish flicka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | flicka | a girl; to repair, to patch |