Where does “Քնարիկ” come from?

Քնարիկ (Armenian) comes from Armenian քնար, from Old Armenian քնար, from Classical Syriac ܟܢܪܐ, from Proto-Semitic kinnār-, from Proto-Hurro-Urartian kinnar — lyre, harp.

Ancestry of “Քնարիկ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianքնարlyre
2Old Armenianքնարa kind of a stringed musical instrument
3Classical Syriacܟܢܪܐlotus; medlar tree; service tree
4Proto-Semitickinnār-lyre, harp
5Proto-Hurro-Urartiankinnarlyre, harp
Every word from Proto-Hurro-Urartian kinnarEvery word from Proto-Semitic kinnār-Every word from Classical Syriac ܟܢܪܐ
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