Where does “կացին” come from?

կացին (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian կացին, from Classical Syriac ܚܨܝܢܐ, from Akkadian ḫaṣṣinnum — axe, hoe, digging tool.

կացին (Armenian): axe

Definitions

  1. axe

Ancestry of “կացին”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianկացինaxe, hatchet
2Classical Syriacܚܨܝܢܐaxe, pickaxe
3Akkadianḫaṣṣinnumaxe, hoe, digging tool

Words derived from “կացին”

Every word from Akkadian ḫaṣṣinnum →Every word from Classical Syriac ܚܨܝܢܐ →Every word from Old Armenian կացին →