Where does “adımbaşı” come from?

adımbaşı (Turkish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

adımbaşı (Turkish): closely, densely placed, on/at every corner

Definitions

  1. closely, densely placed, on/at every corner

Ancestry of “adımbaşı”, step by step

adımbaşı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish baş

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

via Turkish adım

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishadımstep
2Ottoman Turkishآدیمstep, pace, an advance or movement made from one foot to the other
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem-