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Where does “ја̀стук” come from?

ја̀стук (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish یاصدق, from Ottoman Turkish yastuq, from Proto-Turkic *yaŕtuk.

Ancestry of “ја̀стук”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیاصدقpillow
2Ottoman Turkishyastuq—
3Proto-Turkic*yaŕtuk—

Words derived from “ја̀стук”

  • јастучни
Every word from Proto-Turkic *yaŕtuk →