Where does “turkisjakku” come from?

turkisjakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish jakku, from Swedish jacka, from Middle Low German jacke, from French jaque, from Portuguese jaca, from Malayalam ചക്ക, from Tamil சக்கை — pomace, residue.

turkisjakku (Finnish): fur jacket

Definitions

  1. fur jacket

Ancestry of “turkisjakku”, step by step

turkisjakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjakkua jacket
2Swedishjackaa jacket, a doublet, a jerkin
3Middle Low Germanjacke—
4Frenchjaquejackfruit; gambison
5Portuguesejacajackfruit
6Malayalamചക്കjackfruit
7Tamilசக்கைpomace, residue

via Finnish turkis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishturkisfur
2FinnishTurkkiTurkish
3Swedishdurkship's floor
4EnglishdorkA quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept...
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