Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/poika

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *pojka.

Noun

*poika[1]

  1. son
  2. boy
  3. young (of an animal)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: poeg (son)
  • Finnish: poika (son, boy)
  • Ingrian: poika
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian:
    • Courland Livonian: pūoga
    • Vidzeme Livonian: puoga
    • Livonian: pȯis
    • Livonian: pois, puis
      • Latgalian: puiss ("boy")
      • Latvian: puisis ("boy")
      • Latvian: puišs ("servant") (kursenieki)
  • Livvi: poigu
  • Ludian: poig
  • Veps: poig
  • Võro: poig
  • Votic: poikõ
  • Latgalian: puika ("young boy")
  • Latvian: puika ("young boy")
  • Lithuanian: puika

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*poika”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • poeg”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN