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Where does “yoğurt” come from?

yoğurt (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Turkic yogrut, from Old Turkic yogur-.

Ancestry of “yoğurt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkicyogrut—
2Old Turkicyogur-—
Every word from Old Turkic yogur- →