Where does “turkistarha” come from?

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

turkistarha (Finnish): fur farm

Definitions

  1. fur farm

Ancestry of “turkistarha”, step by step

turkistarha 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 tarha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarhacorral; yard; garden, orchard
2Proto-Finnictarhagarden; enclosure
Every word from English dork →Every word from Swedish durk →Every word from Finnish Turkki →