Where does “ծառագոթի” come from?

ծառագոթի (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գոթի, from Proto-Armenian god-i-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰedʰ- — to request, pray, ask for.

ծառագոթի (Old Armenian): tree-worshiping

Definitions

  1. tree-worshiping

Ancestry of “ծառագոթի”, step by step

ծառագոթի traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian գոթի

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգոթիworship, sorcery
2Proto-Armeniangod-i-worship, pagan cult
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰedʰ-to request, pray, ask for

via Old Armenian ծառ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianծառtree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰedʰ- →Every word from Proto-Armenian god-i- →Every word from Old Armenian գոթի →