Where does “մկնաքիս” come from?

մկնաքիս (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian մուկն, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

մկնաքիս (Old Armenian): shrewmouse

Definitions

  1. shrewmouse

Ancestry of “մկնաքիս”, step by step

մկնաքիս traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian մուկն

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianմուկնmouse; muscle
2Proto-Indo-IranianmúHsmouse
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via Ancient Greek μυγαλῆ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμυγαλῆshrew

via Old Armenian աքիս

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianաքիսweasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis"

Words derived from “մկնաքիս”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHs →Every word from Old Armenian մուկն →