Where does “бастаушы” come from?

бастаушы (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh бастау, from Kazakh бас, from Russian бас, from German Baß, from Italian basso, from Latin Bassus, from Ancient Greek βάσις, from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis — to step.

бастаушы (Kazakh): leader, initiator

Definitions

  1. leader, initiator

Ancestry of “бастаушы”, step by step

бастаушы traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh бастау

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhбастауleading
2Kazakhбасhead; chief, leader; start, beginning
3Russianбасbass
4GermanBaß
5Italianbassolow; short; narrow, thin
6LatinBassusthick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base
7Ancient Greekβάσιςstep; rhythm; foot
8Proto-Hellenicgʷə́tisstep
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtisstep, act of walking
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

via Kazakh шы

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhшы
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem-
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