Where does “mizafer” come from?

mizafer (Northern Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish mi, from Proto-Iranian mayšáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European móysos — sheep, skin of sheep.

mizafer (Northern Kurdish): winner, victor

Definitions

  1. winner, victor

Ancestry of “mizafer”, step by step

mizafer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Northern Kurdish mi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishmisheep
2Proto-Iranianmayšáhsheep, ram
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmayšásram
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmóysossheep, skin of sheep

via Northern Kurdish zafer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishzafer—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European móysos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mayšás →Every word from Proto-Iranian mayšáh →