Where does “tizrûg” come from?

tizrûg (Northern Kurdish) comes from Armenian տզրուկ, from Old Armenian տզրուկ, from Middle Iranian tuzurūk.

tizrûg (Northern Kurdish): leech

Definitions

  1. leech

Ancestry of “tizrûg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianտզրուկleech; bloodsucker
2Old Armenianտզրուկleech; bloodsucker
3Middle Iraniantuzurūk—
Every word from Middle Iranian tuzurūk →Every word from Old Armenian տզրուկ →Every word from Armenian տզրուկ →