Where does “kiharaturkkinen” come from?

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

kiharaturkkinen (Finnish): curly-coated, with curly fur

Definitions

  1. curly-coated, with curly fur

Ancestry of “kiharaturkkinen”, step by step

kiharaturkkinen 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 kihara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiharacurly; complicated, difficult; curl
Every word from English dork →Every word from Swedish durk →Every word from Finnish Turkki →