Where does “parykk” come from?

parykk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French perruque, from Italian perrucca, from Italian parrucca — wig.

parykk (Norwegian Bokmål): a wig (head covering of artificial hair)

Definitions

  1. a wig (head covering of artificial hair)

Ancestry of “parykk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperruquewig; wig, periwig, peruke
2ItalianperruccaAlternative form of parrucca
3Italianparruccawig
Every word from Italian parrucca →