Where does “یورك” come from?

یورك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Turkic yürek, from Proto-Turkic yürek — heart.

یورك (Ottoman Turkish): heart, a muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion

Definitions

  1. heart, a muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion

Ancestry of “یورك”, step by step

یورك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Turkic yürek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkicyürek—
2Proto-Turkicyürekheart

via Old Anatolian Turkish یُورَكْ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishیُورَكْ—

Words derived from “یورك”

Every word from Proto-Turkic yürek →Every word from Old Turkic yürek →