Where does “yoğurt otu” come from?

yoğurt otu (Turkish) comes from Turkish yoğurt, from English yoghurt, from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت, from Old Turkic yogrut, from Old Turkic yogur-.

yoğurt otu (Turkish): bedstraw (any member of the genus Galium); sticky willy (Galium aparine)

Definitions

  1. bedstraw (any member of the genus Galium); sticky willy (Galium aparine)

Ancestry of “yoğurt otu”, step by step

yoğurt otu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yoğurt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyoğurtyogurt
2EnglishyoghurtAlternative spelling of yogurt
3Ottoman Turkishیوغورتyoghurt, yogurt
4Old Turkicyogrut—
5Old Turkicyogur-—

via Turkish ot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishotgrass; herb
2Ottoman Turkishاوتyes; herb, grass, weed; poison, chemical remedy...
3Proto-Turkicōtfire; bonfire
Every word from Old Turkic yogur- →Every word from Old Turkic yogrut →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت →
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