Where does “כינור” come from?
כינור (Hebrew) comes from Proto-Semitic kinnār-, from Proto-Hurro-Urartian kinnar — lyre, harp.
כינור (Hebrew): lyre; violin
Ancestry of “כינור”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Semitic | kinnār- | lyre, harp |
| 2 | Proto-Hurro-Urartian | kinnar | lyre, harp |