Where does “Akkuş” come from?

Akkuş (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.

Akkuş (Turkish): hawk, especially species of Accipiter (sparrow hawks)

Definitions

  1. hawk, especially species of Accipiter (sparrow hawks)

Ancestry of “Akkuş”, step by step

Akkuş 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 kuş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkuşbird, fowl; penis
2Ottoman Turkishقوشbird; team of animals, pair, yoke; rump or hock...
3Old Anatolian Turkishقوشbird, any member of the class of animals Aves, characterized by having feathers and wings
4Common Turkickušbird
5Proto-Turkickülash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtisEvery word from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis
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