Where does “مشین” come from?

مشین (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian میشین, from Persian میش, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭩𐭱, from Proto-Iranian mayšáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European móysos — sheep, skin of sheep.

مشین (Ottoman Turkish): sheepskin leather; roan; leather in general

Definitions

  1. sheepskin leather; roan; leather in general

Ancestry of “مشین”, step by step

مشین traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian میشین

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianمیشینbelonging to sheep
2Persianمیشsheep; ewe
3Middle Persian𐭬𐭩𐭱—
4Proto-Iranianmayšáhsheep, ram
5Proto-Indo-Iranianmayšásram
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmóysossheep, skin of sheep

via Classical Persian میشین

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianمیشین—

Words derived from “مشین”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European móysos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mayšás →Every word from Proto-Iranian mayšáh →