Where does “ասպակ” come from?
ասպակ (Old Armenian) comes from Middle Median aspak, from Old Median σπάκα, from Proto-Iranian cwā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćwā́, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
ասպակ (Old Armenian): dog
Ancestry of “ասպակ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Median | aspak | — |
| 2 | Old Median | σπάκα | bitch |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | cwā́ | dog |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćwā́ | dog |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
Words derived from “ասպակ”