Where does “بايقوش” come from?

بايقوش (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قوش, from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش, from Common Turkic kuš, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

بايقوش (Ottoman Turkish): owl

Definitions

  1. owl

Ancestry of “بايقوش”, step by step

بايقوش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قوش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقوشbird; team of animals, pair, yoke; rump or hock...
2Old Anatolian Turkishقوشbird, any member of the class of animals Aves, characterized by having feathers and wings
3Common Turkickušbird
4Proto-Turkickülash

via Ottoman Turkish بای

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبایrich
2Proto-Turkic*bāyrich
Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Common Turkic kuš →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش →