Where does “ծովակով” come from?

ծովակով (Armenian) comes from Armenian կով, from Old Armenian կով, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.

ծովակով (Armenian): Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas

Definitions

  1. Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas

Ancestry of “ծովակով”, step by step

ծովակով traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian կով

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianկովcow
2Old Armenianկովcow
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle

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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