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Where does “uskumru” come from?

uskumru (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اسقومری, from Greek σκουμπρί, from Ancient Greek σκομβρίς, from Ancient Greek σκόμβρος — mackerel.

uskumru (Turkish): mackerel

Definitions

  1. mackerel

Ancestry of “uskumru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاسقومری—
2Greekσκουμπρίmackerel
3Ancient Greekσκομβρίς—
4Ancient Greekσκόμβροςmackerel
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