Where does “bash” come from?
bash (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish باش, from Old Anatolian Turkish بَاشْ, from Proto-Turkic baĺč — head; beginning.
bash (Albanian): exactly, precisely, right; bow; center
Definitions
- exactly, precisely, right; bow; center
Ancestry of “bash”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | باش | head; chief, master, leader, head; prow, bow,... |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | بَاشْ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | baĺč | head; beginning |