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Where does “ծունկ” come from?

ծունկ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ծունգք, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónwih₁, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

ծունկ (Armenian): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “ծունկ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianծունգքknee; knot; a kind of Armenian note
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónwih₁—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee

Words derived from “ծունկ”

  • ծնկոսկր
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