Where does “ծայրայեղ” come from?

ծայրայեղ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ծայր — end, extremity; border, edge; summit, head, top...

ծայրայեղ (Old Armenian): extreme, utmost, in the highest degree

Definitions

  1. extreme, utmost, in the highest degree

Ancestry of “ծայրայեղ”, step by step

ծայրայեղ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian ծայր

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianծայրend, extremity; border, edge; summit, head, top...

via Old Armenian յեղում

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianյեղումto change, to transmute
Every word from Old Armenian ծայր