Where does “yogurt” come from?

Yogurt comes from Ottoman Turkish yoğurt, derived from Proto-Turkic jog-urt, a compound of elements meaning "to curdle" and "product."

yogurt (English): A milk-based product stiffened by a...

Definitions

  1. A milk-based product stiffened by a...

Ancestry of “yogurt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیوغورتyoghurt, yogurt
2Old Turkicyogrut—
3Old Turkicyogur-—

Words derived from “yogurt”

Every word from Old Turkic yogur- →Every word from Old Turkic yogrut →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت →
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