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

Definitions

  1. tsunami

Ancestry of “ցունամի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianцуна́миtsunami
2Japanese津波a tsunami; a tidal wave; a tidal bore
3Japanese波wave
4Middle Chinese波—
Every word from Middle Chinese 波 →Every word from Japanese 波 →Every word from Japanese 津波 →