Where does “ղուշ” come from?

ղուշ (Armenian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قوش, from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش, from Common Turkic kuš, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

ղուշ (Armenian): bird; head

Definitions

  1. bird; head

Ancestry of “ղուշ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقوشbird; team of animals, pair, yoke; rump or hock...
2Old Anatolian Turkishقوشbird, any member of the class of animals Aves, characterized by having feathers and wings
3Common Turkickušbird
4Proto-Turkickülash
Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Common Turkic kuš →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش →