Where does “turripuku” come from?

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

turripuku (Finnish): fursuit

Definitions

  1. fursuit

Ancestry of “turripuku”, step by step

turripuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish turri

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

via Finnish puku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpukusuit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers
2Zulumpuku—
3Proto-Bantu*pʊ́kʊ̀rat, mouse
Every word from English dork →Every word from Swedish durk →Every word from Finnish Turkki →