Where does “güneybatı” come from?

güneybatı (Turkish) comes from Turkish batı, from Old Anatolian Turkish *batu, from Proto-Turkic *batïg.

güneybatı (Turkish): southwest

Definitions

  1. southwest

Ancestry of “güneybatı”, step by step

güneybatı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish batı

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbatıwest
2Old Anatolian Turkish*batu—
3Proto-Turkic*batïg—

via Turkish güney

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishgüneysouth
Every word from Proto-Turkic *batïg →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish *batu →Every word from Turkish batı →