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

  1. exactly, precisely, right; bow; center

Ancestry of “bash”, step by step

bash traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish باش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishباشhead; chief, master, leader, head; prow, bow,...
2Old Anatolian Turkishبَاشْ—
3Proto-Turkicbaĺčhead; beginning

via Serbo-Croatian bȁš//ба̏ш

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbȁš//ба̏ш—
Every word from Proto-Turkic baĺč →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بَاشْ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish باش →