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Where does “գիսակ” come from?

գիսակ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գիսակ, from Old Armenian -ակ, from Old Armenian ունակ, from Old Armenian ունիմ, from Proto-Indo-European ōpn-, from Proto-Indo-European ōp- — to achieve.

գիսակ (Armenian): braid, plait, tress of hair

Definitions

  1. braid, plait, tress of hair

Ancestry of “գիսակ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգիսակbraid, plait, tress of hair
2Old Armenian-ակforming diminutives from nominal stems; forming...
3Old Armenianունակhaving, containing
4Old Armenianունիմto have; to take, to hold, to possess, to occupy,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanōpn-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanōp-to achieve
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