Where does “baş dönmesi” come from?

baş dönmesi (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.

baş dönmesi (Turkish): Dizziness, motion sickness, swimming of the head

Definitions

  1. Dizziness, motion sickness, swimming of the head

Ancestry of “baş dönmesi”, step by step

baş dönmesi 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 Dönme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishDönmeDönmeh
2Ottoman Turkishدونمهsomeone converted, apostate, renegate; Dönmeh, a...
3Ottoman Turkishدونمكto turn around; to turn
4Old Turkicton-
5EnglishHyun
6Korean現: current; present; 絃: string
7Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtisEvery word from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis
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