Where does “къуш” come from?

къуш (Karaim) comes from Common Turkic kuš, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

къуш (Karaim): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “къуш”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Common Turkickušbird
2Proto-Turkickülash
Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Common Turkic kuš →
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