Where does “ղավ” come from?

ղավ (Armenian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قاو, from Proto-Turkic *kiab.

ղավ (Armenian): tinder, touchwood

Definitions

  1. tinder, touchwood

Ancestry of “ղավ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقاوtinder, punk, touchwood
2Proto-Turkic*kiab—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kiab →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قاو →