Where does “դաշտամուկ” come from?

դաշտամուկ (Armenian) comes from Armenian մուկ, from Old Armenian մուկն, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

դաշտամուկ (Armenian): field mouse

Definitions

  1. field mouse

Ancestry of “դաշտամուկ”, step by step

դաշտամուկ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian մուկ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianմուկmouse
2Old Armenianմուկնmouse; muscle
3Proto-Indo-IranianmúHsmouse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via Armenian դաշտ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianդաշտfield; playing field, sports ground; field,...
2Old Armenianդաշտfield, country, soil, heath, fallow ground,...
3Middle Iraniandašt—
4Old Iraniandaxšta-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHs →Every word from Old Armenian մուկն →