Where does “کیسەڵ” come from?

کیسەڵ (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian *kacyápah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas — turtle.

کیسەڵ (Central Kurdish): tortoise

Definitions

  1. tortoise

Ancestry of “کیسەڵ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*kacyápahtortoise, turtle
2Proto-Indo-Iraniankaćyápasturtle
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas →Every word from Proto-Iranian *kacyápah →