Where does “voidepurkki” come from?

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

voidepurkki (Finnish): jar of cream or ointment

Definitions

  1. jar of cream or ointment

Ancestry of “voidepurkki”, step by step

voidepurkki 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 voide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoideointment, salve; lotion, cream
2Proto-Finnicvoidekointment, salve
Every word from Old Norse buðkr →