The story
- Yiddish · derived fromטערקלטויב“turtle dove”
- English todayTurkel
Two main origins: * From a reduced form of the Old Norse personal name Þórketill, which is composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and ketill (“cauldron”). * A Jewish Ashkenazi surname, possibly from Yiddish טערקלטויב (terkltoyb, “turtle dove”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.