Where does “ջրարջ” come from?
ջրարջ (Armenian) comes from Armenian արջ, from Old Armenian արջ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ŕ̥tḱos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥tḱós — destroying.
ջրարջ (Armenian): raccoon, "Procyon"
Ancestry of “ջրարջ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Armenian | արջ | bear |
| 2 | Old Armenian | արջ | bear; Ursa; carpenter's tool used in smoothing... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ŕ̥tḱos | bear |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂r̥tḱós | destroying |