Where does “ծերակոյտ” come from?

ծերակոյտ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ծեր, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

ծերակոյտ (Old Armenian): senate; assembly of elders; the ancients;...

Definitions

  1. senate; assembly of elders; the ancients;...

Ancestry of “ծերակոյտ”, step by step

ծերակոյտ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian ծեր

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianծերold, aged, stricken or advanced in years; old...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via Old Armenian կոյտ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianկոյտheap, mass, pile; flock, herd, drove; great...
2Middle Iraniankōt—

Words derived from “ծերակոյտ”

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