Where does “ծնեբեկ” come from?

ծնեբեկ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ծին, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

ծնեբեկ (Old Armenian): asparagus

Definitions

  1. asparagus

Ancestry of “ծնեբեկ”, step by step

ծնեբեկ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian ծին

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianծինbirth, delivery; origin, source, rise, birth;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Old Armenian բեկանեմ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianբեկանեմto break; to break to pieces; to crack, to split;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “ծնեբեկ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os →Every word from Old Armenian ծին →