Where does “ქნარი” come from?

ქნარი (Georgian) comes from Old Armenian քնար, from Classical Syriac ܟܢܪܐ, from Proto-Semitic kinnār-, from Proto-Hurro-Urartian kinnar — lyre, harp.

ქნარი (Georgian): lyre

Definitions

  1. lyre

Ancestry of “ქნარი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianքնարa kind of a stringed musical instrument
2Classical Syriacܟܢܪܐlotus; medlar tree; service tree
3Proto-Semitickinnār-lyre, harp
4Proto-Hurro-Urartiankinnarlyre, harp
Every word from Proto-Hurro-Urartian kinnar →Every word from Proto-Semitic kinnār- →Every word from Classical Syriac ܟܢܪܐ →