Where does “turkinmänty” come from?

turkinmänty (Finnish) comes from Finnish mänty, from Proto-Finnic mäntü, from Proto-Finnic mäntä — mixing utensil made of the top of a young pine.

turkinmänty (Finnish): Turkish pine

Definitions

  1. Turkish pine

Ancestry of “turkinmänty”, step by step

turkinmänty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mänty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmäntypine; pine, pinewood; Scots pine, "Pinus...
2Proto-Finnicmäntüpine
3Proto-Finnicmäntämixing utensil made of the top of a young pine

via Finnish Turkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTurkkiTurkish
2Swedishdurkship's floor
3EnglishdorkA quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept...
Every word from Proto-Finnic mäntä →Every word from Proto-Finnic mäntü →Every word from Finnish mänty →