Where does “valkoturska” come from?
valkoturska (Finnish) comes from Finnish turska, from Proto-Finnic turska, from Proto-Germanic þurskaz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.
valkoturska (Finnish): whiting
Ancestry of “valkoturska”, step by step
valkoturska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish turska
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | turska | A cod; loss |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | turska | cod (Gadus morhua) |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þurskaz | cod |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
via Finnish valkoinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valkoinen | white; Caucasian; A white colour |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |