Where does “nehrə yağı” come from?

nehrə yağı (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani nehrə, from Persian نهره, from Arabic نَهْر, from Aramaic נהרא, from Proto-Semitic nahar- — river.

nehrə yağı (Azerbaijani): churned butter (a type of butter, that has been prepared by churning)

Definitions

  1. churned butter (a type of butter, that has been prepared by churning)

Ancestry of “nehrə yağı”, step by step

nehrə yağı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani nehrə

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaninehrəa churn
2Persianنهرهchurn
3Arabicنَهْرriver
4Aramaicנהראriver
5Proto-Semiticnahar-river

via Proto-Turkic yag-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicyag-to rain
Every word from Proto-Semitic nahar- →Every word from Aramaic נהרא →Every word from Arabic نَهْر →