Where does “kuş” come from?
kuş (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قوش, from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش, from Common Turkic kuš, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.
kuş (Turkish): bird, fowl; penis
Ancestry of “kuş”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قوش | bird; team of animals, pair, yoke; rump or hock... |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | قوش | — |
| 3 | Common Turkic | kuš | bird |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | kül | ash |