Where does “գելարան” come from?

գելարան (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գելարան, from Old Armenian գելում, from Proto-Indo-European welHu-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

գելարան (Armenian): rack

Definitions

  1. rack

Ancestry of “գելարան”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգելարանrack
2Old Armenianգելումto twist; to squeeze
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelHu-
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European welHu-Every word from Old Armenian գելում
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