Where does “قره قوش” come from?

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

قره قوش (Ottoman Turkish): eagle, any of several birds of prey in the subfamily Aquilinae

Definitions

  1. eagle, any of several birds of prey in the subfamily Aquilinae

Ancestry of “قره قوش”, step by step

قره قوش 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 قره

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقرهblack; alternative form of قاره
2Ottoman Turkishآغاجtree
3Proto-Turkicïgačtree

Words derived from “قره قوش

Every word from Proto-Turkic külEvery word from Common Turkic kušEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش