Where does “ծովախոզ” come from?

ծովախոզ (Armenian) comes from Armenian խոզ, from Middle Armenian խօզ, from Old Armenian խօզ — aquatic moss, duckweed or the like.

ծովախոզ (Armenian): porpoise, sea hog

Definitions

  1. porpoise, sea hog

Ancestry of “ծովախոզ”, step by step

ծովախոզ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian խոզ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianխոզpig; fat person; dirty, filthy person
2Middle Armenianխօզ
3Old Armenianխօզaquatic moss, duckweed or the like

via Armenian ծով

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianծովsea; big lake; large artificial body of water
2Old Armenianծովsea; large body of water; the molten sea in the...
3Urartian??inland sea, large lake
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