Where does “մանրաձուկն” come from?

մանրաձուկն (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ձուկն, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰu- — fish.

մանրաձուկն (Old Armenian): small fish

Definitions

  1. small fish

Ancestry of “մանրաձուկն”, step by step

մանրաձուկն traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian ձուկն

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianձուկնfish; Pisces
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰu-fish

via Old Armenian մանր

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianմանրsmall, minute, little, fine, subtile; slender,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmn̥(H)u-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰu- →Every word from Old Armenian ձուկն →