Where does “بیت” come from?
بیت (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic بَيْت, from Proto-Semitic bayt- — house.
Ancestry of “بیت”, step by step
بیت traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Turkic bït
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | bït | louse |