Where does “կռիսություն” come from?

կռիսություն (Armenian) comes from Armenian կռիս, from Russian кры́са — rat.

կռիսություն (Armenian): meanness, baseness; mean, base, lowdown act/trick

Definitions

  1. meanness, baseness; mean, base, lowdown act/trick

Ancestry of “կռիսություն”, step by step

կռիսություն traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian կռիս

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianկռիսrat; mean, base, roguish person, scoundrel
2Russianкры́саrat

via Armenian ություն

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianություն-ery
Every word from Russian кры́са →Every word from Armenian կռիս →