Where does “supiturkki” come from?

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

supiturkki (Finnish): raccoon fur

Definitions

  1. raccoon fur

Ancestry of “supiturkki”, step by step

supiturkki 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 supi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsupiShort for supikoira; the fur of raccoon; raccoon
2Swedishsjubb—
Every word from English dork →Every word from Swedish durk →Every word from Finnish Turkki →
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