Where does “baykuş” come from?

baykuş (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بای, from Proto-Turkic *bāy — rich.

baykuş (Turkish): owl

Definitions

  1. owl

Ancestry of “baykuş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبایrich
2Proto-Turkic*bāyrich

Words derived from “baykuş”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *bāy →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بای →