Where does “şîr” come from?

şîr (Khalaj) comes from Persian شیر, from Middle Persian šyl, from Proto-Iranian xšiHrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšiHrám — milk.

şîr (Khalaj): lion

Definitions

  1. lion

Ancestry of “şîr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشیرlion; faucet, tap; milk
2Middle Persianšyl—
3Proto-IranianxšiHrámmilk
4Proto-Indo-IraniankšiHrámmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšiHrám →Every word from Proto-Iranian xšiHrám →Every word from Middle Persian šyl →