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Where does “bùbreg” come from?

bùbreg (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بوبرك, from Proto-Turkic bögür — kidney; kidney; side of body.

Ancestry of “bùbreg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبوبرك—
2Proto-Turkicbögürkidney; kidney; side of body

Words derived from “bùbreg”

  • bubrežni
  • bubrežnjak
  • nabubriti
  • bubrežast
  • bubriti
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