Where does “virtsapurkki” come from?

virtsapurkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish purkki, from Swedish burk, from Old Swedish budhker, from Old Norse buðkr.

virtsapurkki (Finnish): urine collection device

Definitions

  1. urine collection device

Ancestry of “virtsapurkki”, step by step

virtsapurkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish purkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurkkican; jar; canister
2Swedishburkpot, can, jar; an inflexible vessel, usually with...
3Old Swedishbudhker—
4Old Norsebuðkr—

via Finnish virtsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtsaurine
2Proto-Finnicvirccaslurry
Every word from Old Norse buðkr →Every word from Old Swedish budhker →Every word from Swedish burk →