Where does “ճանճասպան” come from?

ճանճասպան (Armenian) comes from Armenian ճանճ, from Old Armenian ճանճ, from Proto-Kartvelian mc̣₁er- — fly insect.

ճանճասպան (Armenian): flyswatter

Definitions

  1. flyswatter

Ancestry of “ճանճասպան”, step by step

ճանճասպան traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian ճանճ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianճանճfly
2Old Armenianճանճfly
3Proto-Kartvelianmc̣₁er-fly insect

via Armenian սպանել

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianսպանելto kill; to murder; to assassinate
2Old Armenianսպանանեմto kill, to slay, to put to death, to take away...
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