Where does “heorteece” come from?

heorteece (Middle English) comes from Old English heorteċe, from Old English eċe, from Proto-West Germanic *aki, from Proto-Germanic akiz, from Armenian աքիս, from Old Armenian աքիս — weasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis".

Ancestry of “heorteece”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishheorteċeheartache
2Old Englisheċeache
3Proto-West Germanic*aki—
4Proto-Germanicakizache, pain
5Armenianաքիսweasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis"
6Old Armenianաքիսweasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis"

Words derived from “heorteece”

Every word from Old Armenian աքիս →Every word from Armenian աքիս →Every word from Proto-Germanic akiz →