Where does “ክራር” come from?

ክራር (Amharic) comes from Proto-Semitic kinnār-, from Proto-Hurro-Urartian kinnar — lyre, harp.

ክራር (Amharic): krar, a type of lyre native to Ethiopia

Definitions

  1. krar, a type of lyre native to Ethiopia

Ancestry of “ክራር”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitickinnār-lyre, harp
2Proto-Hurro-Urartiankinnarlyre, harp
Every word from Proto-Hurro-Urartian kinnar →Every word from Proto-Semitic kinnār- →