Where does “ժամագործ” come from?

ժամագործ (Armenian) comes from Armenian գործել, from Old Armenian գործեմ, from Old Armenian գործ, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

ժամագործ (Armenian): watchmaker, clockmaker

Definitions

  1. watchmaker, clockmaker

Ancestry of “ժամագործ”, step by step

ժամագործ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian գործել

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianգործելto function, work, operate; to act; to knit
2Old Armenianգործեմto work, to make, to do, to fashion, to...
3Old Armenianգործwork, affair, thing, deed, action, operation,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

via Armenian ժամ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianժամhour; time; watch
2Old Armenianժամhour; time, moment; proper time, precise time;...
3Old Armenianժամանarriving quickly; that which hastens; hurried,...
4Parthian𐫋𐫖𐫀𐫗time
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wérǵomEvery word from Old Armenian գործ