yumak

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish یوماق (yumak, “ball”), derived from Proto-Turkic *yum (“round”). Cognate to yumru, perhaps also to yumurta. Cognates Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (yumɣak, “globular or round thing”), Azerbaijani yumaq (“ball of wool”), Bashkir йомғаҡ (yomğaq, “ball”), Chagatai [script needed] (yumaq, “ball of wool”), Chuvash ҫӑмха (śămh̬a, “ball”), Khakas ныңмах (nıñmax, “round”), Kipchak [Arabic needed] (yumaq, “thread rolled into a ball”), Southern Altai јумгак (ǰumgak), Tatar йомгак (yomgak, “ball”), Turkmen ýumak (“ball”), Uzbek yumaloq (“round, ball”).