Where does “Akyurt” come from?

Akyurt (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.

Ancestry of “Akyurt”, step by step

Akyurt 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 yurt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyurtnative country, homeland; home; student...
2Ottoman Turkishیورتhome, settlement, house, estate
3Proto-Turkicyūrtdwelling place, camping site; dwelling place,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem-