Where does “üfürük” come from?

üfürük (Turkish) comes from Hungarian ük, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ewkkɜ.

üfürük (Turkish): exhalation, puff

Definitions

  1. exhalation, puff

Ancestry of “üfürük”, step by step

üfürük traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian ük

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianükdistant ancestor, great-great
2Proto-Finno-Ugricewkkɜ—

via Turkish üfürmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishüfürmek—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ewkkɜ →Every word from Hungarian ük →