Where does “قرعه‌کشی” come from?

قرعه‌کشی (Persian) comes from Persian کشی, from Common Turkic kiši, from Proto-Turkic kiĺi — person, people.

قرعه‌کشی (Persian): drawing lots, selecting randomly

Definitions

  1. drawing lots, selecting randomly

Ancestry of “قرعه‌کشی”, step by step

قرعه‌کشی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian کشی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکشی
2Common Turkickišiperson, people
3Proto-Turkickiĺiperson, people

via Persian قرعه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianقرعه
Every word from Proto-Turkic kiĺiEvery word from Common Turkic kišiEvery word from Persian کشی