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

  1. necessity, need, want; a need to go to the...

Ancestry of “կարիք”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianկարիքnecessity, want, indigence, constraint,...
2Old Armenianիքsome, a, an, certain; is, there is; what is, what...
3Old Armenianի-thing; what?
4Old Armenianհի-something
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Old Armenian ի- →Every word from Old Armenian իք →