կիւ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo- (pitch) and cognate with Old Irish (pitch), Proto-Slavic *živica. Ultimately from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (to live), because pitch is the plant’s ‘living material’, or *gyewh₁- (to chew), whence English chew, Russian жевать (ževatʹ).

Noun

կիւ (kiw)

  1. tree pitch, mastic, chewing-gum
  2. pine-tree (?)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կիվ (kiv)
  • Bats: კივ (ḳiv)
  • Old Georgian: კევი (ḳevi)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կիւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 366