Where does “bozkurt” come from?
bozkurt (Turkish) comes from Turkish Boz, from Ottoman Turkish boz, from Ottoman Turkish بوز, from Turkish büz, from French buse, from Old French buison, from Old French bois, from Frankish busk — to become, grow, appear.
bozkurt (Turkish): grey wolf; Canis lupus
Definitions
- grey wolf; Canis lupus
Ancestry of “bozkurt”, step by step
bozkurt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish Boz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Boz | grizzle |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | boz | — |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | بوز | ice; gray; Alternative form of بز |
| 4 | Turkish | büz | a large-sized water pipe generally made of... |
| 5 | French | buse | hawk or buzzard; idiot, fool; fail |
| 6 | Old French | buison | bush |
| 7 | Old French | bois | woodland; woods |
| 8 | Frankish | busk | bush; bush, thicket |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |