Where does “نسل‌کشی” come from?

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

نسل‌کشی (Persian): genocide

Definitions

  1. genocide

Ancestry of “نسل‌کشی”, step by step

نسل‌کشی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian کشی

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

via Persian نسل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنسلgeneration
2Arabicنَسْل—
Every word from Proto-Turkic kiĺi →Every word from Common Turkic kiši →Every word from Persian کشی →