Etymology

Turku

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Today it means: A municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland. Full definition →

Finnish Turku ← Old East Slavic търгъ
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The story

  1. Old East Slavic · derived fromтъргъ“market place”
  2. Finnish · borrowed fromTurku
  3. English todayTurku

From Finnish Turku, from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ, “market place”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.