Where does “ծովափ” come from?
ծովափ (Armenian) comes from Armenian ծով, from Old Armenian ծով, from Urartian ?? — inland sea, large lake.
ծովափ (Armenian): seashore
Ancestry of “ծովափ”, step by step
ծովափ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Armenian ափ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Armenian | ափ | coast, bank, shore; palm |
| 2 | Old Armenian | ափ | palm of the hand; handful |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | s/Hapʰ- | — |