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
Ancestry of “turkistarha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | turkis | fur |
| 2 | Finnish | Turkki | Turkish |
| 3 | Swedish | durk | ship's floor |
| 4 | English | dork | A quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept... |