Comparative evidence

kert, skert

• Arm. k'ert'em 'flay' , 'strip' , 'excoriate' , 'peel off' : 'make' , 'compose' , 'write' ; 'versify' , 'poetize' (Bedrossian 1879: 749)

References

Bedrossian 1879 = Bedrossian, M.M. 1879. New Dictionary Armenian - English. Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy.