Where does “վիշապաձուկն” come from?

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

վիշապաձուկն (Old Armenian): "dragon fish", whale, sea monster

Definitions

  1. "dragon fish", whale, sea monster

Ancestry of “վիշապաձուկն”, step by step

վիշապաձուկն traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian ձուկն

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

via Old Armenian վիշապ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianվիշապvishap; leviathan; whale; typhon, vortex,...
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