Where does “چشمه” come from?

چشمه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian چشمه, from Middle Persian čšmk', from Middle Persian čšm, from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴, from Proto-Iranian čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma — eye; sight.

چشمه (Ottoman Turkish): fountain; spring; source

Definitions

  1. fountain; spring; source

Ancestry of “چشمه”, step by step

چشمه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian چشمه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچشمهfountain; spring; source
2Middle Persiančšmk'spring, source
3Middle Persiančšmeye
4Old Persian𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴—
5Proto-Iraniančášmaeye
6Proto-Indo-Iraniančáćšmaeye; sight

via Classical Persian چَشْمَه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianچَشْمَه—

Words derived from “چشمه”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma →Every word from Proto-Iranian čášma →Every word from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 →