Where does “ծամ” come from?

ծամ (Armenian) comes from Armenian ծամել, from Old Armenian ծամեմ, from Old Armenian ծամմ-, from Old Armenian ծամբ-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵembʰ- — to bite, chew; tooth, nail; to pierce, gnaw...

ծամ (Armenian): tresses; tress, plait, braid; long hair

Definitions

  1. tresses; tress, plait, braid; long hair

Ancestry of “ծամ”, step by step

ծամ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian ծամել

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianծամելto chew; to crumble; to repeat something with...
2Old Armenianծամեմto chew; to reflect, to ruminate
3Old Armenianծամմ-—
4Old Armenianծամբ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵembʰ-to bite, chew; tooth, nail; to pierce, gnaw...

via Old Armenian ծամ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianծամtress, plait, braid, long hair
2Proto-Kartvelianc̣₁am-pubic hair, fur

Words derived from “ծամ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵembʰ- →Every word from Old Armenian ծամմ- →Every word from Old Armenian ծամեմ →