Where does “چاوشین” come from?

چاوشین (Central Kurdish) comes from Central Kurdish چاو, from Proto-Iranian čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma — eye; sight.

چاوشین (Central Kurdish): blue-eyed

Definitions

  1. blue-eyed

Ancestry of “چاوشین”, step by step

چاوشین traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Central Kurdish چاو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Kurdishچاوeye
2Proto-Iraniančášmaeye
3Proto-Indo-Iraniančáćšmaeye; sight

via Central Kurdish شین

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Kurdishشینblue
2Proto-Iranian*axšáyHnahgreen, blue
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