Etymology

koumiss

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Today it means: A fermented drink made from mare's milk, common among peoples of the Central Asian steppes. Full definition →

French koumis ← German Kumiss ← Russian кумы́с
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  1. Turkic · derived from
  2. Russian · derived fromкумы́с
  3. German · derived fromKumiss
  4. French · derived fromkoumis
  5. English todaykoumiss

Via French koumis, German Kumiss, from Russian кумы́с (kumýs), borrowed from a Turkic source. Compare Tatar кымыз (qımız), Kazakh қымыз (qımız), Kyrgyz кымыз (kımız), Southern Altai кымыс (kïmïs), Turkish kımız, Azerbaijani qımız, Northern Altai кымыс (kïmïs), etc.

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