Where does “չքավոր” come from?
չքավոր (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian չքաւոր, from Old Armenian չիք, from Old Armenian իք, from Old Armenian ի-, from Old Armenian հի-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
չքավոր (Armenian): poor, indigent, poverty-stricken; poor man
Definitions
- poor, indigent, poverty-stricken; poor man
Ancestry of “չքավոր”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Armenian | չքաւոր | needy, indigent, necessitous, poor, beggarly |
| 2 | Old Armenian | չիք | there is not, there does not exist; nothing,... |
| 3 | Old Armenian | իք | some, a, an, certain; is, there is; what is, what... |
| 4 | Old Armenian | ի- | thing; what? |
| 5 | Old Armenian | հի- | something |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷís | — |