Etymology Explorer
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Where does “šyl” come from?
šyl (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian xšiHrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšiHrám — milk.
Ancestry of “šyl”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Iranian
xšiHrám
milk
2
Proto-Indo-Iranian
kšiHrám
milk
Words derived from “šyl”
Shirin
Shireen
شیر
šylyn'
شیرین
شیراز
همشیره
şir
کماشیر
شرزهشیر
شیربها
شیرفش
شیرمرد
şîr
شىر
şirin
שיראז
şirin
شیرینی
şîrin
همشیره
شیرینبیان
شیرینکاری
Cherine
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