Where does “փշալար” come from?

փշալար (Armenian) comes from Armenian փուշ, from Armenian արմավ, from Old Armenian արմաւ, from Parthian T.

փշալար (Armenian): barbed wire

Definitions

  1. barbed wire

Ancestry of “փշալար”, step by step

փշալար traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian փուշ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianփուշthorn; prickle; fishbone; bur; thornbush
2Armenianարմավdate
3Old Armenianարմաւdate; bunch of dates, cluster of dates; date palm
4ParthianT

via Armenian լար

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianլարrope, rein, cable, cord, string; chord
2Old Armenianլարrope, rein, cable, cord, string; plumb line of...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ulh₁ro-
Every word from Parthian TEvery word from Old Armenian արմաւEvery word from Armenian արմավ