Where does “اوكش” come from?
اوكش (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish اوكش, from Proto-Turkic *üküĺ, from Proto-Turkic *ük-.
Ancestry of “اوكش”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوكش | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *üküĺ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *ük- | — |