Where does “къуш” come from?

къуш (Lezgi) comes from Azerbaijani quş, from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش, from Common Turkic kuš, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

къуш (Lezgi): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “къуш”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniquşbird
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 →
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