Where does “su” come from?

su (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish şol, from Old Anatolian Turkish uş ol.

Ancestry of “su”, step by step

su traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Anatolian Turkish şol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishşol—
2Old Anatolian Turkishuş ol—

via Proto-Turkic sub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicsubwater

Words derived from “su”

Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish uş ol →