Where does “yeşilbaş” come from?

yeşilbaş (Turkish) comes from Turkish baş, from French basse, from Italian basso, from Latin Bassus, from Ancient Greek βάσις, from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

yeşilbaş (Turkish): mallard

Definitions

  1. mallard

Ancestry of “yeşilbaş”, step by step

yeşilbaş traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish baş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbaşhead; leader of a group; outset of something
2Frenchbassefeminine singular of bas; bass; acoustic guitar
3Italianbassolow; short; narrow, thin
4LatinBassusthick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base
5Ancient Greekβάσιςstep; rhythm; foot
6Proto-Hellenicgʷə́tisstep
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtisstep, act of walking
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

via Turkish yeşil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyeşilgreen; east
2Ottoman Turkishیشیلgreen, verdant, virent, with a hue which is of grass or leaves
3Old Anatolian Turkishیاشلgreen, verdant, virent, with a hue which is of grass or leaves
4Proto-Turkicyāĺïlgreen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis →Every word from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis →