Where does “kriminkoipiturkki” come from?

kriminkoipiturkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kriminkoipi, from Finnish koipi, from Proto-Finnic koipa — leg of an animal.

kriminkoipiturkki (Finnish): A fur coat made of fur taken from the leg of...

Definitions

  1. A fur coat made of fur taken from the leg of...

Ancestry of “kriminkoipiturkki”, step by step

kriminkoipiturkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kriminkoipi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkriminkoipiFur taken from the leg of a karakul lamb
2Finnishkoipithe leg of a bird; leg of a human
3Proto-Finnickoipaleg of an animal

via Finnish Turkki

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