Where does “jakkupuku” come from?

jakkupuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish jakku, from Swedish jacka, from Middle Low German jacke, from French jaque, from Portuguese jaca, from Malayalam ചക്ക, from Tamil சக்கை — pomace, residue.

jakkupuku (Finnish): skirt suit women's suit consisting of a jacket and a skirt, usually matching

Definitions

  1. skirt suit women's suit consisting of a jacket and a skirt, usually matching

Ancestry of “jakkupuku”, step by step

jakkupuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjakkua jacket
2Swedishjackaa jacket, a doublet, a jerkin
3Middle Low Germanjacke—
4Frenchjaquejackfruit; gambison
5Portuguesejacajackfruit
6Malayalamചക്കjackfruit
7Tamilசக்கைpomace, residue

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
Every word from Tamil சக்கை →