English
yogurt
Yogurt comes from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت ‘yogurt, a milk-based product stiffened by a…’, and goes back to Proto-Turkic *yugur- ‘to knead’.
- Proto-Turkicprehistoric (reconstructed)*yugur-‘to knead’reconstructed
- Proto-Turkic, derivedprehistoric (reconstructed)*yogrut‘curdled, coagulated milk’reconstructed
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928یوغورتyoğurt‘yogurt, a milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009yogurt
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Turkicprehistoric (reconstructed)*yugur-‘to knead’reconstructed
- Proto-Turkic, derivedprehistoric (reconstructed)*yogrut‘curdled, coagulated milk’reconstructed
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928یوغورتyoğurt‘yogurt, a milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009yogurt
Earliest quotation: 2009, Corey Mintz, Lunching well at Forte bistro and lounge: “Moroccan curried crab and streaks of minty, lemony yogurt…”
Linked words
through Ottoman Turkish یوغورت ‘yogurt, a milk-based product stiffened by a…’
Today it means
noun A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Turkic *yugur- / yogurt