Where does “գիշակեր” come from?

գիշակեր (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian կեր, from Proto-Indo-European gʷorh₃-o-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.

գիշակեր (Old Armenian): flesh-eating, carnivorous

Definitions

  1. flesh-eating, carnivorous

Ancestry of “գիշակեր”, step by step

գիշակեր traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian կեր

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianկերfood; bait
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷorh₃-o-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷerh₃-to swallow, devour, eat

via Old Armenian գէշ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգէշcorpse, carrion, dead body; ripped piece of body;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweys-to raise, increase; to produce, procreate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷorh₃-o- →Every word from Old Armenian կեր →
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