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Where does the word "sujuk" come from? It comes from Ottoman Turkish sucuk, passing through Bosnian before entering English (1900s).
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Where does the word "sujuk" come from? It comes from Ottoman Turkish sucuk, passing through Bosnian before entering English (1900s).
Sujuk’s story begins in Ottoman Turkish: sucuk meant “spicy sausage.” A garlic-and-cumin beef sausage, fried with eggs at breakfast as 'sucuklu yumurta'. By 1600s, the word had taken hold in Bosnian as sudžuk. Spread with Ottoman rule into the Balkans. It reached English by 1900s as sujuk. Entered English through Turkish, Armenian and Lebanese cooking. Today, sujuk means a dry, spicy, fermented beef sausage from Turkey and the Balkans.
- Stage 1 · Ottoman Turkish · medieval sucuk "spicy sausage", a garlic-and-cumin beef sausage, fried with eggs at breakfast as 'sucuklu yumurta'.
- Stage 2 · Bosnian · 1600s sudžuk "dried sausage", spread with Ottoman rule into the Balkans.
- Stage 3 · English · 1900s sujuk "spicy sausage", entered English through Turkish, Armenian and Lebanese cooking.