Where does “ծովաշուն” come from?
ծովաշուն (Armenian) comes from Armenian շուն, from Old Armenian շուն, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
ծովաշուն (Armenian): seal
Ancestry of “ծովաշուն”, step by step
ծովաշուն traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Armenian շուն
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Armenian | շուն | dog |
| 2 | Old Armenian | շուն | dog; adulterer or adulteress; Canis Major |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
via Armenian ծով
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Armenian | ծով | sea; big lake; large artificial body of water |
| 2 | Old Armenian | ծով | sea; large body of water; the molten sea in the... |
| 3 | Urartian | ?? | inland sea, large lake |