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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurkkican; jar; canister
2Swedishburkpot, can, jar; an inflexible vessel, usually with...
3Old Swedishbudhker—
4Old Norsebuðkr—
Every word from Old Norse buðkr →