Where does “անձուկ” come from?

անձուկ (Armenian) comes from Armenian ձուկ, from Old Armenian ձուկն, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰu- — fish.

անձուկ (Armenian): narrow, strait; constrained, straitened; desired,...

Definitions

  1. narrow, strait; constrained, straitened; desired,...

Ancestry of “անձուկ”, step by step

անձուկ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian ձուկ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianձուկfish; calf muscle; a lightning flashing far on...
2Old Armenianձուկնfish; Pisces
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰu-fish

via Old Armenian անձուկ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianանձուկnarrow, strait; difficult, tough; narrow passage,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énǵʰusnarrow, tight
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enǵʰ-to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰu-Every word from Old Armenian ձուկնEvery word from Armenian ձուկ