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Where does “գիլ” come from?

գիլ (Armenian) comes from Persian گل, from French gaule, from Middle French gaule, from Old French gaule, from Frankish Walhaland, from Frankish Walha, from Proto-Germanic walhaz, from Latin Volcae — wet, damp.

գիլ (Armenian): stone for throwing; a kind of sticky, clayey...

Definitions

  1. stone for throwing; a kind of sticky, clayey...

Ancestry of “գիլ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianگلrose; flower; the core of a watermelon
2Frenchgaulepole; fishing pole; boner
3Middle Frenchgaule—
4Old Frenchgaule—
5FrankishWalhalandGaul, Land of the Romans, foreigners
6FrankishWalhaforeigners, Romans, Celts
7Proto-Germanicwalhazforeigner, non-Germanic person
8LatinVolcaea Gallic tribal confederation; name of a Celtic...
9Proto-Celticwolkoshawk
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwelg-wet, damp
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