Where does “Turkki” come from?
Turkki (Finnish) comes from Swedish durk, from English dork — A quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept...
Turkki (Finnish): Turkish
Definitions
- Turkish
Ancestry of “Turkki”, step by step
Turkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish durk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | durk | ship's floor |
| 2 | English | dork | A quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept... |
via Proto-Finnic turkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | turkki | fur |