Where does “Akdoğu” come from?

Akdoğu (Turkish) comes from Turkish ak, from Turkish baş, from French basse, from Italian basso, from Latin Bassus, from Ancient Greek βάσις, from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis — to step.

Akdoğu (Turkish): The name of various villages in Turkey

Definitions

  1. The name of various villages in Turkey

Ancestry of “Akdoğu”, step by step

Akdoğu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish ak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishakwhite; clean; honest
2Turkishbaşhead; leader of a group; outset of something
3Frenchbassefeminine singular of bas; bass; acoustic guitar
4Italianbassolow; short; narrow, thin
5LatinBassusthick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base
6Ancient Greekβάσιςstep; rhythm; foot
7Proto-Hellenicgʷə́tisstep
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtisstep, act of walking
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

via Turkish doğu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdoğueast
2Turkishdoğmakto be born; to rise; of a celestial body, to...
3Ottoman Turkishطوغمقto be born; to break through; to emanate
4Old Anatolian Turkishdoğ-to be born, arise
5Proto-Turkic*tȫg-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtisEvery word from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis