Where does “astrakaaniturkki” come from?

astrakaaniturkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish Turkki, from Swedish durk, from English dork — A quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept...

astrakaaniturkki (Finnish): astrakhan fur coat

Definitions

  1. astrakhan fur coat

Ancestry of “astrakaaniturkki”, step by step

astrakaaniturkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Turkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTurkkiTurkish
2Swedishdurkship's floor
3EnglishdorkA quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept...

via Finnish astrakaani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastrakaaniastrakhan
2Swedishastrakanan apple cultivar
Every word from English dork →Every word from Swedish durk →Every word from Finnish Turkki →