Where does “սելավ” come from?
սելավ (Armenian) comes from Persian سیلاب, from French syllabe, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή, from Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν.
սելավ (Armenian): mudflow
Ancestry of “սելավ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | سیلاب | flood, inundation; flooding; current, torrent |
| 2 | French | syllabe | syllable |
| 3 | Old French | sillebe | — |
| 4 | Latin | syllaba | syllable; poems, verses |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | συλλαβή | conception, pregnancy; that which holds together,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | συλλαμβάνω | I collect, gather; I rally; I take hold of,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | — |