Where does “babuş” come from?

babuş (Turkish) comes from Turkish -iş, from Ottoman Turkish ـش, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـش, from Proto-Turkic -il — Forms deverbal nouns.

babuş (Turkish): pops, buddy, mate

Definitions

  1. pops, buddy, mate

Ancestry of “babuş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-işDerives nouns from verbs
2Ottoman Turkishـش—
3Old Anatolian Turkishـش—
4Proto-Turkic-ilForms deverbal nouns
Every word from Proto-Turkic -il →