Where does “susiturkki” come from?

susiturkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish susi, from Proto-Finnic suci, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

susiturkki (Finnish): wolf fur

Definitions

  1. wolf fur

Ancestry of “susiturkki”, step by step

susiturkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish susi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsusigrey wolf; dud
2Proto-Finnicsuciwolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Finnish Turkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTurkkiTurkish
2Swedishdurkship's floor
3EnglishdorkA quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Finnic suci →Every word from Finnish susi →