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Where does “սարդոստայն” come from?

սարդոստայն (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian սարդիոստայն, from Old Armenian սարդի, from Old Armenian սարդ, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥-ti-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

սարդոստայն (Armenian): spiderweb, cobweb

Definitions

  1. spiderweb, cobweb

Ancestry of “սարդոստայն”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianսարդիոստայնcobweb, spider's web
2Old Armenianսարդիgenitive singular of սարդ; dative singular of...
3Old Armenianսարդspider; cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani; a...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥-ti-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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