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Where does “քառյակ” come from?

քառյակ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian քառեակ, from Old Armenian քառ, from Proto-Armenian kʷtwr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

քառյակ (Armenian): quartet; quatrain

Definitions

  1. quartet; quatrain

Ancestry of “քառյակ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianքառեակthe number four; a quartet of things
2Old Armenianքառfour
3Proto-Armeniankʷtwr̥-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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