Where does “ヤクルト” come from?

ヤクルト (Japanese) comes from Esperanto jahurto, from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت, from Old Turkic yogrut, from Old Turkic yogur-.

ヤクルト (Japanese): brand name for a dairy probiotic drink mixed with the Shirota strain of Lactobacillus casei

Definitions

  1. brand name for a dairy probiotic drink mixed with the Shirota strain of Lactobacillus casei

Ancestry of “ヤクルト”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantojahurtoyoghurt
2Ottoman Turkishیوغورتyoghurt, yogurt
3Old Turkicyogrut—
4Old Turkicyogur-—
Every word from Old Turkic yogur- →Every word from Old Turkic yogrut →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت →