Etymology

parka

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Today it means: A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind. Full definition →

Tundra Nenets парка ← Aleut parka ← Russian па́рка
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  1. Russian · derived fromпа́рка
  2. Aleut · derived fromparka
  3. Tundra Nenets · derived fromпарка
  4. English todayparka

1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language.

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