Where does “ծածկալեզու” come from?

ծածկալեզու (Armenian) comes from Armenian լեզու, from Old Armenian լեզու, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

ծածկալեզու (Armenian): secret language, cryptolect, argot, cant

Definitions

  1. secret language, cryptolect, argot, cant

Ancestry of “ծածկալեզու”, step by step

ծածկալեզու traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian լեզու

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianլեզուtongue; language; speech, talk
2Old Armenianլեզուtongue; language, speech, idiom; nation, people
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

via Old Armenian ծածուկ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianծածուկ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Old Armenian լեզու →Every word from Armenian լեզու →