Where does “keran” come from?
keran (Turkish) comes from Armenian գերան, from Old Armenian գերան, from Proto-Indo-European wern- — alder.
keran (Turkish): log, beam
Ancestry of “keran”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Armenian | գերան | beam, log |
| 2 | Old Armenian | գերան | beam, log; kind of meteorological phenomenon |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wern- | alder |