Where does “torkvinda” come from?

torkvinda (Swedish) comes from Swedish torka, from Hungarian török, from Aromanian turcu, from Turkish Türk, from Ottoman Turkish ترك, from Persian ترک, from Middle Persian twlk', from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 — Turk, Turkic people.

torkvinda (Swedish): a rotary clothesline

Definitions

  1. a rotary clothesline

Ancestry of “torkvinda”, step by step

torkvinda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish torka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtorkaa drought, a dry season, a lack of rain; to dry;...
2HungariantörökTurkish; Turk; first-person singular indicative...
3AromanianturcuTurk
4TurkishTürkTurk; Turkish
5Ottoman TurkishتركTurk
6Persianترکcrack
7Middle Persiantwlk'
8Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
9Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

via Swedish vinda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvindato twist, to wrap, to wind; be crosseyed; a...
2Old Norsevindato twist, wring, squeeze, wind; to wind, hoist;...
3Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)kEvery word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Every word from Middle Persian twlk'