Where does “صو سموری” come from?

صو سموری (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish سمور, from Persian سمور, from Middle Persian smwl — sable.

صو سموری (Ottoman Turkish): otter, any aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae

Definitions

  1. otter, any aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae

Ancestry of “صو سموری”, step by step

صو سموری traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish سمور

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishسمورsable, any carnivorous mammal of the species Martes zibellina and its pelt or fur
2Persianسمورsable
3Middle Persiansmwlsable

via Ottoman Turkish صو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصوwater
2Proto-Turkicsɨbwater

Words derived from “صو سموری”

Every word from Middle Persian smwl →Every word from Persian سمور →Every word from Ottoman Turkish سمور →