Where does “قوش” come from?

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

قوش (Ottoman Turkish): bird; team of animals, pair, yoke; rump or hock...

Definitions

  1. bird; team of animals, pair, yoke; rump or hock...

Ancestry of “قوش”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishقوشbird, any member of the class of animals Aves, characterized by having feathers and wings
2Common Turkickušbird
3Proto-Turkickülash

Words derived from “قوش

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