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 →