Where does “լեռնաշղթա” come from?

լեռնաշղթա (Armenian) comes from Armenian շղթա, from Old Armenian շղթայ, from Old Armenian շշղթայ, from Classical Syriac ܫܝܫܠܬܐ — chain, bond, fetter; line, series, sequence;...

լեռնաշղթա (Armenian): mountain range

Definitions

  1. mountain range

Ancestry of “լեռնաշղթա”, step by step

լեռնաշղթա traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian շղթա

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianշղթաchain; fetters, shackles; series, succession
2Old Armenianշղթայchain; chain, concatenation, continuity, series
3Old Armenianշշղթայ
4Classical Syriacܫܝܫܠܬܐchain, bond, fetter; line, series, sequence;...

via Armenian լեռ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianլեռmountain, mount; hard stone
2Old Armenianլեառնmount, mountain
Every word from Classical Syriac ܫܝܫܠܬܐEvery word from Old Armenian շշղթայEvery word from Old Armenian շղթայ