Where does “գլխապտույտ” come from?

գլխապտույտ (Armenian) comes from Armenian պտույտ, from Old Armenian պտոյտ — eddy, whirlpool, vortex.

գլխապտույտ (Armenian): dizziness, vertigo

Definitions

  1. dizziness, vertigo

Ancestry of “գլխապտույտ”, step by step

գլխապտույտ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian պտույտ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianպտույտturn, revolution; rotation; revolution; going...
2Old Armenianպտոյտeddy, whirlpool, vortex

via Armenian գլուխ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianգլուխhead; top, head of something; top, summit
2Old Armenianգլուխhead; extremity; summit, top; end or beginning;...
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