Where does “ճանճկէն” come from?
ճանճկէն (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian -կէն, from Proto-Iranian -ayHnah, from Proto-Iranian -a-.
ճանճկէն (Old Armenian): black and white spotted; flea-bitten
Definitions
- black and white spotted; flea-bitten
Ancestry of “ճանճկէն”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Armenian | -կէն | forming adjectives |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | -ayHnah | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -a- | — |
Words derived from “ճանճկէն”