Where does “savaş tutsağı” come from?

savaş tutsağı (Turkish) comes from Turkish savaş, from Ottoman Turkish صاواش, from Proto-Turkic saba-, from Chichewa ba, from Proto-Bantu -jíba — to steal.

savaş tutsağı (Turkish): prisoner of war, POW

Definitions

  1. prisoner of war, POW

Ancestry of “savaş tutsağı”, step by step

savaş tutsağı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish savaş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsavaşwar
2Ottoman Turkishصاواشeffort, endeavor, a determined or assiduous attempt towards a specific goal
3Proto-Turkicsaba-to beat, hit, fight
4Chichewabasteal
5Proto-Bantu-jíbato steal

via Turkish tutsağı

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishtutsağı—
Every word from Proto-Bantu -jíba →Every word from Chichewa ba →Every word from Proto-Turkic saba- →