Where does “baş” come from?

baş (Turkish) comes 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 (Turkish): head; leader of a group; outset of something

Definitions

  1. head; leader of a group; outset of something

Ancestry of “baş”, step by step

baş traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French basse

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

via Ottoman Turkish baş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishbaş—
2Proto-Turkicbaĺčhead; beginning

via Proto-Turkic bạl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbạlhoney

Words derived from “baş”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis →Every word from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis →