Where does “խեղանդամ” come from?

խեղանդամ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian անդամ, from Middle Iranian andām, from Proto-Iranian hamdaHma, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

խեղանդամ (Old Armenian): mutilated, crippled

Definitions

  1. mutilated, crippled

Ancestry of “խեղանդամ”, step by step

խեղանդամ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian անդամ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianանդամlimb, member; the whole body
2Middle Iranianandām—
3Proto-IranianhamdaHmamember, limb
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Old Armenian խեղ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianխեղmutilated, lame; sore; abominable
2Proto-Indo-EuropeankHel-to bend; to cause to deviate

Words derived from “խեղանդամ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Iranian hamdaHma →Every word from Middle Iranian andām →