Where does “simkeş” come from?

simkeş (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish سیمكش, from Classical Persian سیم‌کش, from Persian سیم, from Persian سی, from English cee, from Middle English cee, from Old French sei, from Latin sēdēs — to sit.

simkeş (Turkish): craftsman who produces silver wires or threads

Definitions

  1. craftsman who produces silver wires or threads

Ancestry of “simkeş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishسیمكشwire-drawer, a craftsman who produces silver wires or threads from a rolling mill
2Classical Persianسیم‌کش
3Persianسیمwire; silver; thirtieth
4Persianسیthirty; for; in order to
5EnglishceeThe name of the Latin-script letter C; Something...
6Middle EnglishceeAlternative form of see
7Old Frenchsei
8Latinsēdēsseat, chair
9Latinsedeōto sit, to be seated
10Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
11Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-Every word from Proto-Italic sedēōEvery word from Latin sedeō