Where does “վագոն” come from?
վագոն (Armenian) comes from Russian ваго́н, from French wagon, from English wagon, from Dutch wagen, from Dutch lijkwagen, from Dutch lijk, from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk — to bind, tie.
վագոն (Armenian): railroad car, railway carriage, coach; a great...
Definitions
- railroad car, railway carriage, coach; a great...
Ancestry of “վագոն”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | ваго́н | — |
| 2 | French | wagon | a railway carriage |
| 3 | English | wagon | A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads; A... |
| 4 | Dutch | wagen | A wagon, carriage; A cart; An automobile, car,... |
| 5 | Dutch | lijkwagen | A hearse, a funerary vehicle |
| 6 | Dutch | lijk | The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or... |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | lijc | — |
| 8 | Old Dutch | līk | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | līk | body |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |