Where does “ճակատագիր” come from?

ճակատագիր (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գիր, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

ճակատագիր (Old Armenian): destiny, fate

Definitions

  1. destiny, fate

Ancestry of “ճակատագիր”, step by step

ճակատագիր traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian գիր

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգիրletter; letter, epistle; writing, document,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Old Armenian ճակատ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianճակատforehead; the front part
2Middle Iraniančakāt—

Words derived from “ճակատագիր”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēr- →Every word from Old Armenian գիր →