Where does “зарим” come from?
зарим (Mongolian) comes from Proto-Mongolic jarïm, from Proto-Turkic yārïm, from Proto-Turkic yār-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
зарим (Mongolian): some, a certain; half
Ancestry of “зарим”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Mongolic | jarïm | half |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | yārïm | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | yār- | to crack, split; to crack, split, crush; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |