Where does “چشم” come from?

چشم (Persian) comes from Middle Persian AYNE, from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴, from Proto-Iranian čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma — eye; sight.

چشم (Persian): eye; OK, all right

Definitions

  1. eye; OK, all right

Ancestry of “چشم”, step by step

چشم traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Persian AYNE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle PersianAYNE—
2Old Persian𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴—
3Proto-Iraniančášmaeye
4Proto-Indo-Iraniančáćšmaeye; sight

via Middle Persian čšm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persiančšmeye

Words derived from “چشم”

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