Where does “frakkipuku” come from?

frakkipuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish frakki, from Swedish frack, from German Frack, from English frock, from Middle English frok, from Old French froc, from Frankish hrokk, from Proto-Germanic hrukkaz — upper clothes, shirt.

frakkipuku (Finnish): white tie

Definitions

  1. white tie

Ancestry of “frakkipuku”, step by step

frakkipuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish frakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfrakkia black evening tailcoat or dress coat and a pair...
2Swedishfracka tailcoat
3GermanFracktailcoat
4EnglishfrockA dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which...
5Middle Englishfrok
6Old Frenchfrocfrock
7Frankishhrokkrobe, tunic
8Proto-GermanichrukkazAlternative form of *rukkaz; robe, jacket, skirt,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanrug(')-upper clothes, shirt

via Finnish puku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpukusuit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers
2Zulumpuku
3Proto-Bantu*pʊ́kʊ̀rat, mouse

Words derived from “frakkipuku

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rug(')-Every word from Proto-Germanic hrukkazEvery word from Frankish hrokk