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Where does “կոկորդիլոս” come from?

կոկորդիլոս (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian կոկորդիլոս, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος, from Ancient Greek κρόκη, from Ancient Greek κρέκω, from Proto-Indo-European kreḱ- — to weave.

կոկորդիլոս (Armenian): crocodile

Definitions

  1. crocodile

Ancestry of “կոկորդիլոս”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianկոկորդիլոսcrocodile; big lizard
2Ancient Greekκροκόδειλοςlizard; crocodile; A fallacy of the sophists
3Ancient Greekκρόκηthread which is passed between the threads of the...
4Ancient Greekκρέκωto weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeankreḱ-to weave
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