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Where does “մեղկ” come from?

մեղկ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian մեղկ, from Proto-Indo-European meldwi-.

մեղկ (Armenian): weak-willed, spineless; flabby; effeminate,...

Definitions

  1. weak-willed, spineless; flabby; effeminate,...

Ancestry of “մեղկ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianմեղկsoft, loose, slack, flabby; weak, faint,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeldwi-—
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