Where does “arakəsmə” come from?

arakəsmə (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani ara, from Latvian āra — genitive singular form of ārs.

arakəsmə (Azerbaijani): partition, screen

Definitions

  1. partition, screen

Ancestry of “arakəsmə”, step by step

arakəsmə traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani ara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniaradistance in space or time
2Latvianāragenitive singular form of ārs

via Azerbaijani kəsmək

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanikəsməkto cut
2Proto-Turkic*kes-—
Every word from Latvian āra →Every word from Azerbaijani ara →