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
Ancestry of “قورباغه”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قورباغه | frog |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قور | wooing; glowing coal, ember |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | kȫŕ | glowing coals |