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Where does “լիզել” come from?

լիզել (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian լիզեմ, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

լիզել (Armenian): to lick

Definitions

  1. to lick

Ancestry of “լիզել”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianլիզեմto lick; to lap; to touch lightly
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick
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