Where does “Վանաձոր” come from?

Վանաձոր (Armenian) comes from Armenian ձոր, from Old Armenian ձոր, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰoworo-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰowero-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- — to pour.

Վանաձոր (Armenian): Vanadzor

Definitions

  1. Vanadzor

Ancestry of “Վանաձոր”, step by step

Վանաձոր traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian ձոր

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianձորgorge, ravine; canyon
2Old Armenianձորvalley, ravine; bed of a torrent
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰoworo-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰowero-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰew-to pour

via Armenian վանք

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianվանքmonastery
2Old Armenianվանքnominative plural of վան
3Old Armenianվանlodging, dwelling, home, habitation, abode;...
4Parthianvān-—
5Old Iranianwāhana-—

Words derived from “Վանաձոր”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰowero- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰoworo- →