Where does “krimiturkki” come from?

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

krimiturkki (Finnish): karakul fur coat

Definitions

  1. karakul fur coat

Ancestry of “krimiturkki”, step by step

krimiturkki 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 krimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkrimipelt of a karakul lamb as raw material, valued...
2Swedishkrimmer—
Every word from English dork →Every word from Swedish durk →Every word from Finnish Turkki →