Where does “tükürük” come from?

tükürük (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish توكوروك, from Proto-Turkic *tüpkürük, from Proto-Turkic *tüpkür- — to spit.

tükürük (Turkish): spit, spittle, gob, spawl, saliva which has been expelled from the mouth

Definitions

  1. spit, spittle, gob, spawl, saliva which has been expelled from the mouth

Ancestry of “tükürük”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتوكوروكspit, spittle, gob, spawl, saliva which has been expelled from the mouth
2Proto-Turkic*tüpkürük—
3Proto-Turkic*tüpkür-to spit

Words derived from “tükürük”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *tüpkür- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *tüpkürük →Every word from Ottoman Turkish توكوروك →