Where does “pallopurkki” come from?
pallopurkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish purkki, from Swedish burk, from Old Swedish budhker, from Old Norse buðkr.
Ancestry of “pallopurkki”, step by step
pallopurkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish purkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | purkki | can; jar; canister |
| 2 | Swedish | burk | pot, can, jar; an inflexible vessel, usually with... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | budhker | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | buðkr | — |
via Finnish pallo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pallo | ball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |