Where does “կիրճ” come from?
կիրճ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian կիրճ, from Old Armenian կարճ, from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci — char, that has been burned and charred.
կիրճ (Armenian): narrow pass, defile; gorge, ravine
Definitions
- narrow pass, defile; gorge, ravine
Ancestry of “կիրճ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Armenian | կիրճ | narrow pass, defile; strait, channel; narrow part... |
| 2 | Old Armenian | կարճ | short; little; short, brief, curt, concise,... |
| 3 | Proto-Kartvelian | kart- | eastern Georgia, Georgians |
| 4 | Finnish | kärsi | Third-person singular indicative past form of... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | karci | char, that has been burned and charred |