Where does “pojkvän” come from?

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

pojkvän (Swedish): boyfriend, male romantic partner

Definitions

  1. boyfriend, male romantic partner

Ancestry of “pojkvän”, step by step

pojkvän 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 vän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvänfair, beautiful; a friend
2Old Norsevinrfriend
3Proto-Norseᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉfriend
4Proto-Germanicwinizloved one, friend
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Finnish poika →
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