Where does “ստեղնաշար” come from?

ստեղնաշար (Armenian) comes from Armenian ստեղն, from Old Armenian ստեղն, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

ստեղնաշար (Armenian): keyboard

Definitions

  1. keyboard

Ancestry of “ստեղնաշար”, step by step

ստեղնաշար traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian ստեղն

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianստեղնkey; dactyl; protruding parts of various objects
2Old Armenianստեղնstalk, stem, trunk; branch, bough, shoot;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Armenian շար

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArmenianշարAlternative form of շարք; row
2Old Armenianշարstring, file, line, range, row, rank, order, long...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Old Armenian ստեղն →Every word from Armenian ստեղն →