Where does “կարեւոր” come from?

կարեւոր (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian կարիք, from Old Armenian իք, from Old Armenian ի-, from Old Armenian հի-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

կարեւոր (Old Armenian): necessary, needed; essential, expedient; urgent,...

Definitions

  1. necessary, needed; essential, expedient; urgent,...

Ancestry of “կարեւոր”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianկարիքnecessity, want, indigence, constraint,...
2Old Armenianիքsome, a, an, certain; is, there is; what is, what...
3Old Armenianի-thing; what?
4Old Armenianհի-something
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

Words derived from “կարեւոր”

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