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Where does “ժանտաքիս” come from?

ժանտաքիս (Armenian) comes from Armenian աքիս, from Old Armenian աքիս — weasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis".

ժանտաքիս (Armenian): polecat

Definitions

  1. polecat

Ancestry of “ժանտաքիս”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianաքիսweasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis"
2Old Armenianաքիսweasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis"
Every word from Old Armenian աքիս →