Where does “ձելկվա” come from?
ձելկվա (Armenian) comes from Russian дзе́льква, from Georgian ძელქვა, from Old Georgian ძელქვაჲ, from Old Georgian ძელი, from Proto-Georgian-Zan ʒ₁el-.
ձելկվա (Armenian): zelkova
Ancestry of “ձելկվա”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | дзе́льква | tree, wood |
| 2 | Georgian | ძელქვა | zelkova |
| 3 | Old Georgian | ძელქვაჲ | "Populus alba", a kind of a tree |
| 4 | Old Georgian | ძელი | tree, wood; an improvised boat; raft; boat |
| 5 | Proto-Georgian-Zan | ʒ₁el- | — |