Where does “մթնշաղ” come from?

մթնշաղ (Armenian) comes from Armenian մութ, from Old Armenian մութ — dark.

մթնշաղ (Armenian): dusk, twilight, gloaming; half-light, semidark;...

Definitions

  1. dusk, twilight, gloaming; half-light, semidark;...

Ancestry of “մթնշաղ”, step by step

մթնշաղ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian մութ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianմութdark; unlit; foggy, hazy
2Old Armenianմութdark

via Armenian շաղվել

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianշաղվել—
Every word from Old Armenian մութ →Every word from Armenian մութ →