Where does “փոխանակ” come from?

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

փոխանակ (Old Armenian): instead of, in place of; in exchange or in return...

Definitions

  1. instead of, in place of; in exchange or in return...

Ancestry of “փոխանակ”, step by step

փոխանակ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian Անակ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old ArmenianԱնակ—
2Middle Iraniananāk—

via Old Armenian փոխ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianփոխloan, borrowing; anthem, response, antistrophe,...
2Akkadian???exchange, substitute, replacement; loan

Words derived from “փոխանակ”

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