Where does “ծովաձի” come from?

ծովաձի (Armenian) comes from Armenian ձի, from Old Armenian ձի, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéyos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰey- — winter.

ծովաձի (Armenian): seahorse

Definitions

  1. seahorse

Ancestry of “ծովաձի”, step by step

ծովաձի traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian ձի

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianձիhorse; knight
2Old Armenianձիhorse
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰéyoshorse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰey-winter

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéyos →Every word from Old Armenian ձի →