Where does “heorteċe” come from?

heorteċe (Old English) comes from Old English eċe, from Proto-West Germanic *aki, from Proto-Germanic akiz, from Armenian աքիս, from Old Armenian աքիս — weasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis".

heorteċe (Old English): heartache

Definitions

  1. heartache

Ancestry of “heorteċe”, step by step

heorteċe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English eċe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englisheċeache
2Proto-West Germanic*aki—
3Proto-Germanicakizache, pain
4Armenianաքիսweasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis"
5Old Armenianաքիսweasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis"

via Old English heorte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishheorteheart
2Proto-West Germanichertāheart
3Proto-Germanichertôheart
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “heorteċe”

Every word from Old Armenian աքիս →Every word from Armenian աքիս →Every word from Proto-Germanic akiz →