Where does “քարտակ” come from?
քարտակ (Old Armenian) comes from Middle Persian kltk', from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci.
Ancestry of “քարտակ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Persian | kltk' | division, section, portion |
| 2 | Proto-Kartvelian | kart- | — |
| 3 | Finnish | kärsi | Third-person singular indicative past form of... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | karci | — |
Words derived from “քարտակ”