Where does “야쿠르트” come from?

야쿠르트 (Korean) comes from Esperanto jahurto, from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت, from Old Turkic yogrut, from Old Turkic yogur-.

야쿠르트 (Korean): 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 “야쿠르트”, 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 →