Where does “زهكیر” come from?

زهكیر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian زهگیر, from Persian زه, from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭩𐭧, from Proto-Indo-European gʷiH- — bowstring.

زهكیر (Ottoman Turkish): thumb ring

Definitions

  1. thumb ring

Ancestry of “زهكیر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزهگیر—
2Persianزهstring; bowstring
3Middle Persian𐭦𐭩𐭧—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷiH-bowstring
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷiH- →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭩𐭧 →Every word from Persian زه →