Wirkola

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Finnish Virkkula, a farm name derived from virkku (“alert, brisk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹vɪrkula/

Proper noun

Wirkola

1. a surname from Finnish

   hoppa etter Wirkola

   to succeed an unusually skilled/successful predecessor

   (literally, “to jump after (Bjørn) Wirkola”)