From Proto-Turkic *ürk-. Compare to Kyrgyz үркү (ürkü, “to frighten”).
ӱркӱӱр • (ürküür)
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ӱркӱӱр”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
