Where does “כינור” come from?

כינור (Hebrew) comes from Proto-Semitic kinnār-, from Proto-Hurro-Urartian kinnar — lyre, harp.

כינור (Hebrew): lyre; violin

Definitions

  1. lyre; violin

Ancestry of “כינור”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitickinnār-lyre, harp
2Proto-Hurro-Urartiankinnarlyre, harp

Words derived from “כינור”

Every word from Proto-Hurro-Urartian kinnar →Every word from Proto-Semitic kinnār- →