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Where does “արգելք” come from?

արգելք (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian արգելք, from Old Armenian արգել, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erk- — to protect, guard, hold, lock.

արգելք (Armenian): obstacle, hindrance

Definitions

  1. obstacle, hindrance

Ancestry of “արգելք”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianարգելք—
2Old Armenianարգելhinderance, obstacle, opposition, impediment,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erk-to protect, guard, hold, lock
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