Where does “արգելան” come from?

արգելան (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian արգել, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erk- — to protect, guard, hold, lock.

արգելան (Old Armenian): arrest, detention, prison; lazaretto, quarantine

Definitions

  1. arrest, detention, prison; lazaretto, quarantine

Ancestry of “արգելան”, step by step

արգելան traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian արգել

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianարգելhinderance, obstacle, opposition, impediment,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erk-to protect, guard, hold, lock

via Old Armenian ան

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianանnegative prefix; on, at
2Classical Armenianայն—

Words derived from “արգելան”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂erk- →Every word from Old Armenian արգել →