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Where does “ոռ” come from?

ոռ (Middle Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ոռ, from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos — arse.

Ancestry of “ոռ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianոռbuttocks, ass; the bottom
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁orsosarse
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