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

Definitions

  1. bird, fowl; penis

Ancestry of “kuş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقوشbird; team of animals, pair, yoke; rump or hock...
2Old Anatolian Turkishقوشbird, any member of the class of animals Aves, characterized by having feathers and wings
3Common Turkickušbird
4Proto-Turkickülash

Words derived from “kuş”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Common Turkic kuš →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش →