Where does “yaourti” come from?
yaourti (Aromanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت, from Old Turkic yogrut, from Old Turkic yogur-.
Ancestry of “yaourti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | یوغورت | yoghurt, yogurt |
| 2 | Old Turkic | yogrut | — |
| 3 | Old Turkic | yogur- | — |