Where does “yumurtalık” come from?

yumurtalık (Turkish) comes from Turkish yumurta, from Ottoman Turkish یومورطه, from Proto-Turkic yumurtka — egg.

yumurtalık (Turkish): ovary; eggcup

Definitions

  1. ovary; eggcup

Ancestry of “yumurtalık”, step by step

yumurtalık traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yumurta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyumurtaegg
2Ottoman Turkishیومورطهegg
3Proto-Turkicyumurtkaegg

via Ottoman Turkish یمورطالق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیمورطالق—
Every word from Proto-Turkic yumurtka →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یومورطه →Every word from Turkish yumurta →