Where does “ترکش” come from?
ترکش (Persian) comes from Persian تیرکش, from Persian کش, from Persian کشیدن, from Proto-Indo-Iranian káršati, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéls-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéls- — to pull, drag.
ترکش (Persian): quiver; shrapnel, fragment
Definitions
- quiver; shrapnel, fragment
Ancestry of “ترکش”, step by step
ترکش traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian تیرکش
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | تیرکش | quiver; arrowslit |
| 2 | Persian | کش | present stem form of کشتن |
| 3 | Persian | کشیدن | to pull, to drag, to haul |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | káršati | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéls-e-ti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéls- | to pull, drag |