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Where does “árpa” come from?

árpa (Hungarian) comes from Proto-Turkic arpa, from Proto-Iranian arpacyaH, from Proto-Iranian Hr̥pā́š ~ Hr̥pacáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hr̥pā́ćš ~ Hr̥paćás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ā́ćš, from Proto-Indo-European -eḱés.

árpa (Hungarian): barley; stye, hordeolum

Definitions

  1. barley; stye, hordeolum

Ancestry of “árpa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicarpabarley
2Proto-IranianarpacyaHbarley
3Proto-IranianHr̥pā́š ~ Hr̥pacáh—
4Proto-Indo-IranianHr̥pā́ćš ~ Hr̥paćás—
5Proto-Indo-Iranian-ā́ćšanimal and plant suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-eḱés—

Words derived from “árpa”

  • Árpád
  • Árpád-sáv
  • Arpád
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