Where does “šimšir” come from?

šimšir (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish شمشیر, from Persian شمشیر, from Middle Persian šmšyl.

šimšir (Serbo-Croatian): box

Definitions

  1. box

Ancestry of “šimšir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishشمشیرsword, sabre; alternative form of چمشیر
2Persianشمشیرsword, scimitar, shamshir
3Middle Persianšmšyl—
Every word from Middle Persian šmšyl →Every word from Persian شمشیر →Every word from Ottoman Turkish شمشیر →
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