Where does “maitopurkki” come from?

maitopurkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish purkki, from Swedish burk, from Old Swedish budhker, from Old Norse buðkr.

maitopurkki (Finnish): milk carton

Definitions

  1. milk carton

Ancestry of “maitopurkki”, step by step

maitopurkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish purkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurkkican; jar; canister
2Swedishburkpot, can, jar; an inflexible vessel, usually with...
3Old Swedishbudhker—
4Old Norsebuðkr—

via Finnish maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—
Every word from Old Norse buðkr →Every word from Old Swedish budhker →Every word from Swedish burk →