Where does “peruukki” come from?

peruukki (Finnish) comes from French perruque, from Italian perrucca, from Italian parrucca — wig.

peruukki (Finnish): wig

Definitions

  1. wig

Ancestry of “peruukki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperruquewig; wig, periwig, peruke
2ItalianperruccaAlternative form of parrucca
3Italianparruccawig
Every word from Italian parrucca →