Where does “savaşçı” come from?
savaşçı (Turkish) comes from Turkish savaş, from Ottoman Turkish صاواش, from Proto-Turkic saba-, from Chichewa ba, from Proto-Bantu -jíba — to steal.
savaşçı (Turkish): warrior
Ancestry of “savaşçı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | savaş | war |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | صاواش | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | saba- | to beat, hit, fight |
| 4 | Chichewa | ba | steal |
| 5 | Proto-Bantu | -jíba | to steal |