Where does “mozik” come from?

mozik (Northern Kurdish) comes from Armenian մոզիկ, from Armenian -իկ, from Middle Armenian -իկ, from Old Armenian -իկ, from Old Armenian պատ-եմ.

mozik (Northern Kurdish): calf, a one- to two-year-old calf

Definitions

  1. calf, a one- to two-year-old calf

Ancestry of “mozik”, step by step

mozik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian մոզիկ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianմոզիկ—
2Armenian-իկforming diminutives or terms expressing affection
3Middle Armenian-իկforming diminutives
4Old Armenian-իկforming diminutives; forming agent nouns and...
5Old Armenianպատ-եմ—

via Hungarian mozi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmozicinema, movie theater
Every word from Old Armenian պատ-եմ →Every word from Old Armenian -իկ →Every word from Armenian -իկ →