Where does “կեղծիք” come from?

կեղծիք (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian կեղծիք, from Old Armenian իք, from Old Armenian ի-, from Old Armenian հի-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

կեղծիք (Armenian): falsification, forgery, imitation, counterfeit;...

Definitions

  1. falsification, forgery, imitation, counterfeit;...

Ancestry of “կեղծիք”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianկեղծիքdissimulation, feint, sham, fiction, counterfeit,...
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 →