Where does “հերձադանակ” come from?

հերձադանակ (Armenian) comes from Armenian դանակ, from Old Armenian դանակ, from Middle Iranian dānak, from Old Iranian dāna-ka-, from Proto-Iranian dā-, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.

հերձադանակ (Armenian): scalpel

Definitions

  1. scalpel

Ancestry of “հերձադանակ”, step by step

հերձադանակ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian դանակ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianդանակknife
2Old Armenianդանակknife; clasp knife
3Middle Iraniandānak—
4Old Iraniandāna-ka-—
5Proto-Iraniandā-to give, put; to cut
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

via Armenian հերձել

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianհերձելto dissect, to make a postmortem, to perform an autopsy on
2Old Armenianհերձեմ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →Every word from Old Iranian dāna-ka- →Every word from Middle Iranian dānak →