Where does “çeşmə” come from?

çeşmə (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian چشمه, from Middle Persian čšmk', from Middle Persian čšm, from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴, from Proto-Iranian čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma — eye; sight.

çeşmə (Azerbaijani): spring (water source)

Definitions

  1. spring (water source)

Ancestry of “çeşmə”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچشمهfountain; spring; source
2Middle Persiančšmk'spring, source
3Middle Persiančšmeye
4Old Persian𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴—
5Proto-Iraniančášmaeye
6Proto-Indo-Iraniančáćšmaeye; sight
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma →Every word from Proto-Iranian čášma →Every word from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 →