Where does “կարճավուն” come from?
կարճավուն (Armenian) comes from Armenian կարճ, from Old Armenian կարճ, from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci.
կարճավուն (Armenian): shortish
Ancestry of “կարճավուն”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Armenian | կարճ | short; low; brief, succinct |
| 2 | Old Armenian | կարճ | short; little; short, brief, curt, concise,... |
| 3 | Proto-Kartvelian | kart- | — |
| 4 | Finnish | kärsi | Third-person singular indicative past form of... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | karci | — |