Where does “մրցանակ” come from?

մրցանակ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian Անակ, from Middle Iranian anāk.

մրցանակ (Old Armenian): premium, prize, reward; fight, combat

Definitions

  1. premium, prize, reward; fight, combat

Ancestry of “մրցանակ”, step by step

մրցանակ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian Անակ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old ArmenianԱնակ—
2Middle Iraniananāk—

via Old Armenian մրցիմ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianմրցիմto box, to come to blows, to fight, to combat; to...
2Old Armenianմուրցfist; boxing

Words derived from “մրցանակ”

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