Where does “av köpeği” come from?

av köpeği (Turkish) comes from Turkish av, from Ottoman Turkish آو, from Proto-Turkic Āb — hunt, chase.

av köpeği (Turkish): hunting dog, hound

Definitions

  1. hunting dog, hound

Ancestry of “av köpeği”, step by step

av köpeği traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish av

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishavhunting; hunt; prey
2Ottoman Turkishآوhunting, chase; game, prey, what is subject to...
3Proto-TurkicĀbhunt, chase

via Turkish köpeği

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishköpeği—
Every word from Proto-Turkic Āb →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آو →Every word from Turkish av →