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Where does “գինդ” come from?

գինդ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գինդ, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ-eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

գինդ (Armenian): earring; type of bead or round ornament attached...

Definitions

  1. earring; type of bead or round ornament attached...

Ancestry of “գինդ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգինդearring; necklace, collar
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-eh₂-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
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