Where does “sonbeşik” come from?
sonbeşik (Azerbaijani) comes from Turkish beşik, from Ottoman Turkish بشیك, from Proto-Turkic *bēšik, from Proto-Turkic bẹĺčig — cradle.
sonbeşik (Azerbaijani): lastborn
Ancestry of “sonbeşik”, step by step
sonbeşik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish beşik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | beşik | cradle |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بشیك | cradle, a bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *bēšik | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | bẹĺčig | cradle |
via Azerbaijani son
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijani | son | end, ending; recent, latest; last, final |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | soŋ | back; end; after; back, end; back, end, after |