Where does “ցին” come from?
ցին (Middle Armenian) comes from Proto-Indo-European sken-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ken- — to peel; to split off; peel.
Ancestry of “ցին”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | sken- | to split off |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ken- | to peel; to split off; peel |