Where does “karvaturri” come from?

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

karvaturri (Finnish): rug rough, woolly, or shaggy dog

Definitions

  1. rug rough, woolly, or shaggy dog

Ancestry of “karvaturri”, step by step

karvaturri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish turri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishturrifurry animal; furry
2FinnishTurkkiTurkish
3Swedishdurkship's floor
4EnglishdorkA quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept...

via Finnish karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—
Every word from English dork →Every word from Swedish durk →Every word from Finnish Turkki →