Where does “kârgir” come from?
kârgir (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كاركیر, from Persian کارگیر, from Middle Armenian քարուկիր, from Old Armenian ու-, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷu-.
kârgir (Turkish): built of stone or brick
Ancestry of “kârgir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | كاركیر | — |
| 2 | Persian | کارگیر | a solid structure of stone |
| 3 | Middle Armenian | քարուկիր | — |
| 4 | Old Armenian | ու- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷu- | — |