Where does “тур” come from?

тур (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish اوتورمق, from Old Anatolian Turkish otur-, from Proto-Turkic oltur-, from Proto-Turkic ol- — to be, become; to ripe.

тур (Serbo-Croatian): aurochs, urus; buttocks

Definitions

  1. aurochs, urus; buttocks

Ancestry of “тур”, step by step

тур traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish اوتورمق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاوتورمقto sit, incubate, live, remain
2Old Anatolian Turkishotur-to sit
3Proto-Turkicoltur-to sit; to dwell, reside
4Proto-Turkicol-to be, become; to ripe

via Proto-Slavic tȗrъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictȗrъaurochs
2Proto-Balto-Slavictaurásaurochs, wisent
3Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
Every word from Proto-Turkic ol- →Every word from Proto-Turkic oltur- →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish otur- →