Where does “tur” come from?
tur (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.
tur (Serbo-Croatian): aurochs, urus; buttocks
Ancestry of “tur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | اوتورمق | to sit, incubate, live, remain |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | otur- | to sit |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | oltur- | to sit; to dwell, reside |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | ol- | to be, become; to ripe |