185 ] Lokshen from Yiddish, plural of loksh "noodle", from Russian dial. loksha , of Turkic origin; akin to Uyghur & Kazan Tatar lakca "noodles", Chuvash läskä . [ 186 ] M Mammoth from Russian mamot , mamont , mamant , perhaps from a Yakut word derived from Yakut mamma "earth";