Where does “pojktokig” come from?

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

pojktokig (Swedish): boy crazy

Definitions

  1. boy crazy

Ancestry of “pojktokig”, step by step

pojktokig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish pojke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpojkea boy; a young male
2Old Swedishpoika—
3Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
4Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
5Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son

via Swedish tokig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtokighumorously crazy, nutty; erroneous, incorrect in...
2Swedishtokcrazy person, fool, wacko; shrubby cinquefoil
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Finnish poika →