Where does “turkisjäljitelmä” come from?

turkisjäljitelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäljitelmä, from Finnish jäljitellä, from Finnish jäljittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

turkisjäljitelmä (Finnish): imitation fur

Definitions

  1. imitation fur

Ancestry of “turkisjäljitelmä”, step by step

turkisjäljitelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäljitelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäljitelmäimitation, knock-off; counterfeit, fake
2Finnishjäljitelläto imitate; to mimic, ape, mock
3Finnishjäljittääto track, trace; to track; to track down
4Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
5Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
6Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
7Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish turkis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishturkisfur
2FinnishTurkkiTurkish
3Swedishdurkship's floor
4EnglishdorkA quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa
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