Where does “գիծ” come from?
գիծ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գիծ, from Proto-Indo-European wih₁-ǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
գիծ (Armenian): line
Ancestry of “գիծ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Armenian | գիծ | line; letter, character; trace; notch; incision,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wih₁-ǵ- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |