Where does “կիսաշրջան” come from?
կիսաշրջան (Armenian) comes from Armenian կես, from Old Armenian կէս, from Proto-Iranian kas-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.
կիսաշրջան (Armenian): demicircle
Ancestry of “կիսաշրջան”, step by step
կիսաշրջան traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Armenian կես
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Armenian | կես | half; part; time |
| 2 | Old Armenian | կէս | half; in part |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |
via Armenian շրջան
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Armenian | շրջան | circle; region, area, oblast; sphere, realm |
| 2 | Old Armenian | շրջան | turn, gyre, turning, circuit, revolution,... |
| 3 | Old Armenian | ան | negative prefix; on, at |
| 4 | Classical Armenian | այն | — |