Where does “կարճ” come from?

կարճ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian կարճ, from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci — char, that has been burned and charred.

կարճ (Armenian): short; low; brief, succinct

Definitions

  1. short; low; brief, succinct

Ancestry of “կարճ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianկարճshort; little; short, brief, curt, concise,...
2Proto-Kartveliankart-eastern Georgia, Georgians
3FinnishkärsiThird-person singular indicative past form of...
4Proto-Finnickarcichar, that has been burned and charred

Words derived from “կարճ”

Every word from Proto-Finnic karci →Every word from Finnish kärsi →Every word from Proto-Kartvelian kart- →