Where does “կարիք” come from?
կարիք (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian կարիք, from Old Armenian իք, from Old Armenian ի-, from Old Armenian հի-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
կարիք (Armenian): necessity, need, want; a need to go to the...
Definitions
- necessity, need, want; a need to go to the...
Ancestry of “կարիք”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Armenian | կարիք | necessity, want, indigence, constraint,... |
| 2 | Old Armenian | իք | some, a, an, certain; is, there is; what is, what... |
| 3 | Old Armenian | ի- | thing; what? |
| 4 | Old Armenian | հի- | something |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷís | — |