Where does “کشتی‌گیر” come from?

کشتی‌گیر (Persian) comes from Persian کشتی, from Persian ی, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

کشتی‌گیر (Persian): wrestler

Definitions

  1. wrestler

Ancestry of “کشتی‌گیر”, step by step

کشتی‌گیر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian کشتی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکشتیboat, ship; wrestling
2Persianیthe grammatical particle ezafe; see...
3Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
4Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
5Hebrewעַיִןeye

via Persian گیر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianگیرblock; obstacle
Every word from Hebrew עַיִןEvery word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-Every word from Arabic ي