Where does “jurto” come from?
jurto (Esperanto) comes from French yourte, from Russian ю́рта, from Proto-Turkic yūrt — dwelling place, camping site; dwelling place,...
jurto (Esperanto): yurt
Definitions
- yurt
Ancestry of “jurto”, step by step
jurto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French yourte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | yourte | yurt |
| 2 | Russian | ю́рта | yurt |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | yūrt | dwelling place, camping site; dwelling place,... |
via German Jurte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Jurte | a sort of tent used by nomadic people in Central... |