Where does “قرع” come from?

قرع (Arabic) comes from Arabic قَرْع, from Arabic -ة.

قرع (Arabic): to knock, rap, strike; to reproach, to impugn...

Definitions

  1. to knock, rap, strike; to reproach, to impugn...

Ancestry of “قرع”, step by step

قرع traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic قَرْع

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَرْعdrawing lots
2Arabic-ة—

via Classical Syriac ܩܪܐܐ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Syriacܩܪܐܐgourd, pumpkin
Every word from Arabic -ة →Every word from Arabic قَرْع →