Where does “ծաղրածու” come from?

ծաղրածու (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ծաղրածու, from Old Armenian -ու, from Proto-Indo-European -usyā, from Proto-Indo-European -wes.

ծաղրածու (Armenian): clown; mime, buffoon; mystery, riddle

Definitions

  1. clown; mime, buffoon; mystery, riddle

Ancestry of “ծաղրածու”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianծաղրածուmime, buffoon; mocking; facetious
2Old Armenian-ուForming adjectives; found in a few words, such as...
3Proto-Indo-European-usyā—
4Proto-Indo-European-wes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wes →Every word from Old Armenian -ու →Every word from Old Armenian ծաղրածու →