Where does “yaourt” come from?

yaourt (English) comes from French yaourt, from Turkish yoğurt, from English yoghurt, from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت, from Old Turkic yogrut, from Old Turkic yogur-.

yaourt (English): A liquor fermented from milk, originally by the...

Definitions

  1. A liquor fermented from milk, originally by the...

Ancestry of “yaourt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchyaourtyoghurt; a song where the singer makes up the...
2Turkishyoğurtyogurt
3EnglishyoghurtAlternative spelling of yogurt
4Ottoman Turkishیوغورتyoghurt, yogurt
5Old Turkicyogrut—
6Old Turkicyogur-—
Every word from Old Turkic yogur- →Every word from Old Turkic yogrut →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت →