Where does “ծառաբնակ” come from?

ծառաբնակ (Armenian) comes from Armenian բնակել, from Old Armenian բնակեմ, from Old Armenian բնակ, from Old Armenian բուն — the crown of the root, whence the trunk springs;...

ծառաբնակ (Armenian): tree-dwelling, arboricolous, arboreal

Definitions

  1. tree-dwelling, arboricolous, arboreal

Ancestry of “ծառաբնակ”, step by step

ծառաբնակ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian բնակել

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianբնակելto live, reside; to settle
2Old Armenianբնակեմto dwell
3Old Armenianբնակdomicile, habitation, dwelling; sepulchre, tomb;...
4Old Armenianբունthe crown of the root, whence the trunk springs;...

via Armenian ծառ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianծառtree
2Old Armenianծառtree
Every word from Old Armenian բունEvery word from Old Armenian բնակEvery word from Old Armenian բնակեմ