Where does “գաղձ” come from?
գաղձ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գաղձն, from Proto-Indo-European wl̥H-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.
գաղձ (Armenian): dodder
Ancestry of “գաղձ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Armenian | գաղձն | a kind of convolvulus |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wl̥H- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |