Where does “emşire” come from?

emşire (Crimean Tatar) comes from Persian همشیره, from Persian هم, from Middle Persian hm, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎶, from Proto-Iranian hamHás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian samHás, from Proto-Indo-European somHós, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

emşire (Crimean Tatar): nurse

Definitions

  1. nurse

Ancestry of “emşire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهمشیرهsister; sibling; nurse
2Persianهمalso, too; similarly
3Middle Persianhmsame, similar
4Old Persian𐏃𐎶same, together
5Proto-IranianhamHás—
6Proto-Indo-IraniansamHássame, equal
7Proto-Indo-EuropeansomHóssame, alike
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European somHós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian samHás →