Where does “çoban köpeği” come from?

çoban köpeği (Turkish) comes from Turkish çoban, from Ottoman Turkish چوبان, from Persian چوپان, from Pahlavi šubān, from Old Persian fšupāna-, from Old Persian fšu- — sheep.

çoban köpeği (Turkish): sheepdog

Definitions

  1. sheepdog

Ancestry of “çoban köpeği”, step by step

çoban köpeği traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish çoban

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçobanshepherd
2Ottoman Turkishچوبانshepherd
3Persianچوپانshepherd
4Pahlavišubān—
5Old Persianfšupāna-—
6Old Persianfšu-sheep

via Turkish köpek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishköpekdog; scoundrel, detestable person
2Ottoman Turkishكوپكdog; spume, foam; drool, saliva
3Proto-Turkicköpekdog
Every word from Old Persian fšu- →Every word from Old Persian fšupāna- →Every word from Pahlavi šubān →