Where does “sümsük kuşu” come from?

sümsük kuşu (Turkish) comes from Turkish kuş, from Ottoman Turkish قوش, from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش, from Common Turkic kuš, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

sümsük kuşu (Turkish): northern gannet

Definitions

  1. northern gannet

Ancestry of “sümsük kuşu”, step by step

sümsük kuşu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kuş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkuşbird, fowl; penis
2Ottoman Turkishقوشbird; team of animals, pair, yoke; rump or hock...
3Old Anatolian Turkishقوشbird, any member of the class of animals Aves, characterized by having feathers and wings
4Common Turkickušbird
5Proto-Turkickülash

via Turkish sümsük

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsümsükidle, stupid, cowardly fellow
Every word from Proto-Turkic külEvery word from Common Turkic kušEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش