Where does “torma” come from?

torma (English) comes from Hungarian torma, from Proto-Turkic turma — radish.

torma (English): A figure, made mostly of flour and butter, used...

Definitions

  1. A figure, made mostly of flour and butter, used...

Ancestry of “torma”, step by step

torma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian torma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantormahorseradish
2Proto-Turkicturmaradish

via Tibetan གཏོར་མ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགཏོར་མtorma
Every word from Proto-Turkic turma →Every word from Hungarian torma →