Where does “قورباغه” come from?

قورباغه (Persian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قورباغه, from Ottoman Turkish قور, from Proto-Turkic kȫŕ — glowing coals.

قورباغه (Persian): frog

Definitions

  1. frog

Ancestry of “قورباغه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقورباغهfrog
2Ottoman Turkishقورwooing; glowing coal, ember
3Proto-Turkickȫŕglowing coals
Every word from Proto-Turkic kȫŕ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قور →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قورباغه →