Where does “kurbağa” come from?

kurbağa (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قوربغه, from Proto-Turkic *kïrbāka, from Proto-Turkic *bāka — frog, toad.

kurbağa (Turkish): frog; toad

Definitions

  1. frog; toad

Ancestry of “kurbağa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقوربغهfrog, any of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura
2Proto-Turkic*kïrbāka—
3Proto-Turkic*bākafrog, toad
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bāka →Every word from Proto-Turkic *kïrbāka →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قوربغه →
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