Where does “ਚਸ਼ਮਾ” come from?
ਚਸ਼ਮਾ (Punjabi) comes from Persian چشم, from Middle Persian AYNE, from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴, from Proto-Iranian čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma — eye; sight.
ਚਸ਼ਮਾ (Punjabi): glasses, spectacles
Ancestry of “ਚਸ਼ਮਾ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | چشم | eye; OK, all right |
| 2 | Middle Persian | AYNE | — |
| 3 | Old Persian | 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | čášma | eye |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čáćšma | eye; sight |