Where does “бубрежњак” come from?
бубрежњак (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian бу̀брег, from Ottoman Turkish بوبرك, from Proto-Turkic bögür — kidney; kidney; side of body.
бубрежњак (Serbo-Croatian): loin; porterhouse steak
Ancestry of “бубрежњак”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | бу̀брег | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بوبرك | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | bögür | kidney; kidney; side of body |