Reconstruction:Old Armenian/աղջ-

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 This Old Armenian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan, from Proto-Armenian *ałǰ-i, from *alg-i, by metathesis from *agl-i, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)gʰl-i, a frozen locative of *h₂(e)gʰl- (“darkness, fog, mist”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀχλύς (akhlús, “mist; darkness”) and Old Prussian aglo (“rain”).

Noun

*աղջ- • (*ałǰ-)

  1. darkness, fog, twilight

Derived terms

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*ałǰ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 37
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