Where does “կուղբ” come from?
կուղբ (Middle Armenian) comes from Old Armenian կուղբ, from Classical Syriac ܟܠܒܐ, from Aramaic כלבא, from Proto-Semitic kalb- — dog.
կուղբ (Middle Armenian): beaver
Ancestry of “կուղբ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Armenian | կուղբ | beaver |
| 2 | Classical Syriac | ܟܠܒܐ | wild, mad; dog, hound; dog, sod, bastard,... |
| 3 | Aramaic | כלבא | dog |
| 4 | Proto-Semitic | kalb- | dog |
Words derived from “կուղբ”