Where does “turkinkyyhky” come from?

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

turkinkyyhky (Finnish): collared dove, "Streptopelia decaocto"

Definitions

  1. collared dove, "Streptopelia decaocto"

Ancestry of “turkinkyyhky”, step by step

turkinkyyhky 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 kyyhky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyyhkypigeon, dove; pigeon; dove
Every word from English dork →Every word from Swedish durk →Every word from Finnish Turkki →