Where does “փտախտ” come from?

փտախտ (Armenian) comes from Armenian ախտ, from Old Armenian ախտ, from German Axt, from Dutch acht, from Middle Dutch acht, from Old Dutch ahto, from Proto-Germanic ahtō, from Proto-Germanic ahtōu — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

փտախտ (Armenian): gangrene

Definitions

  1. gangrene

Ancestry of “փտախտ”, step by step

փտախտ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian ախտ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianախտdisease, illness
2Old Armenianախտillness, disease, indisposition; passion,...
3GermanAxtaxe
4Dutchachteight; attention, heed
5Middle DutchachtAlternative form of achte
6Old Dutchahto
7Proto-Germanicahtō
8Proto-Germanicahtōueight
9Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
10Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

via Armenian փտել

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianփտելto rot, to decay, to putrify
2Old Armenianփտեմto rot, to let rot, to corrupt, to render putrid,...
3Old Armenianփուտrottenness, corruption, putrefaction; rotten,...
4Middle Iranianpūt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwEvery word from Proto-Germanic ahtōu