Where does “savaş” come from?
savaş (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish صاواش, from Proto-Turkic saba-, from Chichewa ba, from Proto-Bantu -jíba — to steal.
savaş (Turkish): war
Ancestry of “savaş”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | صاواش | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | saba- | to beat, hit, fight |
| 3 | Chichewa | ba | steal |
| 4 | Proto-Bantu | -jíba | to steal |
Words derived from “savaş”