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Where does “ժանտախտ” come from?

ժանտախտ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ժանտախտ, from Old Armenian ախտ, from German Axt, from Dutch acht, from Middle Dutch acht, from Old Dutch ahto, from Proto-Germanic ahtō, from Proto-Germanic ahtōu — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

ժանտախտ (Armenian): plague; dangerous education, ideology, or...

Definitions

  1. plague; dangerous education, ideology, or...

Ancestry of “ժանտախտ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianժանտախտplague; pestilence, contagion, mortality, disease
2Old Armenianախտillness, disease, indisposition; passion,...
3GermanAxtaxe
4Dutchachteight; attention, heed
5Middle DutchachtAlternative form of achte
6Old Dutchahto—
7Proto-Germanicahtō—
8Proto-Germanicahtōueight
9Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
10Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...
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