Where does “ցունամի” come from?
ցունամի (Armenian) comes from Russian цуна́ми, from Japanese 津波, from Japanese 波, from Middle Chinese 波.
ցունամի (Armenian): tsunami
Ancestry of “ցունամի”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | цуна́ми | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 津波 | a tsunami; a tidal wave; a tidal bore |
| 3 | Japanese | 波 | wave |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 波 | — |