Where does “Iarcoș” come from?
Iarcoș (Romanian) comes from Hungarian Járkos, from Hungarian Újárkos, from Hungarian árok, from Turkish arık, from Ottoman Turkish آرق, from English Arik, from Armenian առիք, from Old Armenian առիք — post, beam, pole.
Ancestry of “Iarcoș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Járkos | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | Újárkos | — |
| 3 | Hungarian | árok | ditch |
| 4 | Turkish | arık | lean, thin |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | آرق | irrigation ditch, canal, a long, indentation used to channel water in a field or garden |
| 6 | English | Arik | — |
| 7 | Armenian | առիք | ceiling |
| 8 | Old Armenian | առիք | ceiling |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁t- | post, beam, pole |