Where does “ђеврек” come from?

ђеврек (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish گورك, from Ottoman Turkish گورمك, from Proto-Turkic *kegre- — to weaken, to become loose.

ђеврек (Serbo-Croatian): simit

Definitions

  1. simit

Ancestry of “ђеврек”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishگوركfragile, frail, brittle, friable; beauty,...
2Ottoman Turkishگورمكto see; to view; to spot
3Proto-Turkic*kegre-to weaken, to become loose
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