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Where does “arpa” come from?

arpa (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آرپه, from Proto-Turkic arpa, from Proto-Iranian arpacyaH, from Proto-Iranian Hr̥pā́š ~ Hr̥pacáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hr̥pā́ćš ~ Hr̥paćás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ā́ćš, from Proto-Indo-European -eḱés.

arpa (Turkish): barley

Definitions

  1. barley

Ancestry of “arpa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآرپه—
2Proto-Turkicarpabarley
3Proto-IranianarpacyaHbarley
4Proto-IranianHr̥pā́š ~ Hr̥pacáh—
5Proto-Indo-IranianHr̥pā́ćš ~ Hr̥paćás—
6Proto-Indo-Iranian-ā́ćšanimal and plant suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-eḱés—
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