Where does “hillopurkki” come from?

hillopurkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish hillo, from Middle English hilli, from German Hildebrand, from Old High German Hiltibrant, from Proto-Germanic Hildibrandaz.

hillopurkki (Finnish): jar, jamjar

Definitions

  1. jar, jamjar

Ancestry of “hillopurkki”, step by step

hillopurkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hillo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhillojam, jelly; bread
2Middle Englishhilli—
3GermanHildebrand—
4Old High GermanHiltibrantand the protagonist of the eponymous Hildebrandslied
5Proto-GermanicHildibrandaz—

via Finnish purkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurkkican; jar; canister
2Swedishburkpot, can, jar; an inflexible vessel, usually with...
3Old Swedishbudhker—
4Old Norsebuðkr—
Every word from Proto-Germanic Hildibrandaz →Every word from Old High German Hiltibrant →Every word from German Hildebrand →