Where does “pehmeäturkkinen” come from?

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

pehmeäturkkinen (Finnish): with soft fur

Definitions

  1. with soft fur

Ancestry of “pehmeäturkkinen”, step by step

pehmeäturkkinen 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 pehmeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpehmeäsoft; silky; smooth
2Proto-Finnicpehmedäsoft
Every word from English dork →Every word from Swedish durk →Every word from Finnish Turkki →