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Where does “sagrin” come from?

sagrin (Old French) comes from Turkish sağrı, from Ottoman Turkish صاغری, from Proto-Turkic sagrï — croup; rump; sacrum.

Ancestry of “sagrin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsağrırump
2Ottoman Turkishصاغری—
3Proto-Turkicsagrïcroup; rump; sacrum
Every word from Proto-Turkic sagrï →