Where does “մարդագայլ” come from?

մարդագայլ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գայլ, from Proto-Indo-European waylos, from Proto-Indo-European wáy, from Proto-Indo-European uwáy — to see oneself.

մարդագայլ (Old Armenian): a hybrid of man and wolf or someone looking like...

Definitions

  1. a hybrid of man and wolf or someone looking like...

Ancestry of “մարդագայլ”, step by step

մարդագայլ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian գայլ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգայլwolf; muzzle, cover for nose and mouth, bit
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwayloswolf; howler
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwáyoh!; ah!; woe!
4Proto-Indo-Europeanuwáyto see oneself

via Old Armenian մարդ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianմարդman; mortal; the human race
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmr̥tósdead; mortal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “մարդագայլ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European uwáy →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wáy →Every word from Proto-Indo-European waylos →