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Where does “աղաղակ” come from?

աղաղակ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian աղաղակ, from Proto-Indo-European al-al-ag-eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European al-al- — to shout.

աղաղակ (Armenian): cry, shout; yell, scream; uproar, noise

Definitions

  1. cry, shout; yell, scream; uproar, noise

Ancestry of “աղաղակ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianաղաղակshouting, cry, scream, clamour, uproar, alarm,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanal-al-ag-eh₂-shouting
3Proto-Indo-Europeanal-al-to shout
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