Where does “سیم‌کش” come from?

سیم‌کش (Persian) comes from Persian سیم, from Persian سی, from English cee, from Middle English cee, from Old French sei, from Latin sēdēs, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō — to sit.

سیم‌کش (Persian): wire-drawer, a craftsman who draws gold or silver from a rolling mill

Definitions

  1. wire-drawer, a craftsman who draws gold or silver from a rolling mill

Ancestry of “سیم‌کش”, step by step

سیم‌کش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian سیم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسیمwire; silver; thirtieth
2Persianسیthirty; for; in order to
3EnglishceeThe name of the Latin-script letter C; Something...
4Middle EnglishceeAlternative form of see
5Old Frenchsei
6Latinsēdēsseat, chair
7Latinsedeōto sit, to be seated
8Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
9Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

via Persian کش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکشpresent stem form of کشتن
2Persianکشیدنto pull, to drag, to haul
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankáršati
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéls-e-ti
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéls-to pull, drag
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-
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