Where does “թզկերուկ” come from?

թզկերուկ (Middle Armenian) comes from Middle Armenian ուտել, from Old Armenian ուտեմ, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ōd-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

թզկերուկ (Middle Armenian): a kind of bird that feeds on figs

Definitions

  1. a kind of bird that feeds on figs

Ancestry of “թզկերուկ”, step by step

թզկերուկ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Armenian ուտել

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Armenianուտելto eat
2Old Armenianուտեմto eat; to run through, to squander, to eat up,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ōd-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Middle Armenian թուզ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Armenianթուզfig fruit
2Old Armenianթուզfig; fig-like tumour
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ōd- →Every word from Old Armenian ուտեմ →