Where does “ցեղ” come from?

ցեղ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ցելում, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

ցեղ (Old Armenian): tribe, race, branch

Definitions

  1. tribe, race, branch

Ancestry of “ցեղ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianցելումto rend, to break, to split, to cleave, to cut,...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “ցեղ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Old Armenian ցելում →
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