Where does “sillipurkki” come from?
sillipurkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish purkki, from Swedish burk, from Old Swedish budhker, from Old Norse buðkr.
sillipurkki (Finnish): herring jar, Atlantic herring jar
Definitions
- herring jar, Atlantic herring jar
Ancestry of “sillipurkki”, step by step
sillipurkki 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 silli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silli | Atlantic herring, "Clupea harengus"; any of the... |
| 2 | Swedish | sill | a herring |
| 3 | Old Norse | síld | herring |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sīlą | a kind of fish; a launce, sand eel; a herring |