Where does “Arvaikheer” come from?
Arvaikheer (English) comes from Mongolian Арвайхээр, from Mongolian арвай, from Classical Mongolian ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠢ, from Middle Mongolian ꡝꡘ ꡎ, from Proto-Mongolic *arbaï, from Proto-Turkic arpa, from Proto-Iranian arpacyaH, from Proto-Iranian Hr̥pā́š ~ Hr̥pacáh.
Ancestry of “Arvaikheer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolian | Арвайхээр | — |
| 2 | Mongolian | арвай | barley |
| 3 | Classical Mongolian | ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠢ | — |
| 4 | Middle Mongolian | ꡝꡘ ꡎ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Mongolic | *arbaï | — |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | arpa | barley |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | arpacyaH | barley |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | Hr̥pā́š ~ Hr̥pacáh | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hr̥pā́ćš ~ Hr̥paćás | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -ā́ćš | animal and plant suffix |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eḱés | — |