Where does “قش” come from?

قش (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Common Turkic kuš, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

قش (Hijazi Arabic): straw; hay

Definitions

  1. straw; hay

Ancestry of “قش”, step by step

قش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Common Turkic kuš

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Common Turkickušbird
2Proto-Turkickülash

via Arabic قَشّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَشّstraw

Words derived from “قش”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Common Turkic kuš →