Where does “կիր” come from?

կիր (Old Armenian) comes from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜, from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 — kiln.

կիր (Old Armenian): lime; calx; a kind of white blister, morphew

Definitions

  1. lime; calx; a kind of white blister, morphew

Ancestry of “կիր”, step by step

կիր traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Akkadian 𒌋𒀜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Akkadian𒌋𒀜kiln; oven
2Sumerian𒌋𒀜kiln

via Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₂-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷerh₂-—

Words derived from “կիր”

Every word from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 →Every word from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 →