Where does “turkislakki” come from?

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

turkislakki (Finnish): fur cap

Definitions

  1. fur cap

Ancestry of “turkislakki”, step by step

turkislakki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish turkis

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

via Finnish lakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlakkiheadwear; cap; cap, pileus
2Swedishbläckink; pigment or dye for writing, printing etc;...
Every word from English dork →Every word from Swedish durk →Every word from Finnish Turkki →