Where does “şimşûr” come from?

şimşûr (Kurdish) comes from Persian شمشیر, from Middle Persian šmšyl.

şimşûr (Kurdish): sword

Definitions

  1. sword

Ancestry of “şimşûr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشمشیرsword, scimitar, shamshir
2Middle Persianšmšyl—
Every word from Middle Persian šmšyl →Every word from Persian شمشیر →