Where does “cobar” come from?
cobar (Northern Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish bar, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.
cobar (Northern Kurdish): river, gully, channel, sluice
Definitions
- river, gully, channel, sluice
Ancestry of “cobar”, step by step
cobar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Northern Kurdish bar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Kurdish | bar | burden |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |
via Northern Kurdish co
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Kurdish | co | ditch, trench, channel, canal, duct, fosse,... |