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The origin is uncertain. J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European*skn̥-sko-, from *(s)ken-(“to peel”): compare Proto-Germanic*skinþą, Bretonskant(“dandruff”), Old Irishcenn(“peel, rind”). This is considered unattractive both semantically and formally by Martirosyan, who instead connects ցանց(cʻancʻ) with Latincassis(“hunting-net”) and catēna(“chain”) and derives all from a Mediterranean substrate word of the shape *(s)ḱats-. For another possibly "Mediterranean" word from the same semantic sphere see թարփ(tʻarpʻ).
A borrowing from the Alanic ancestor of Ossetianцанс(cans) / цасм(casm, “loop, noose, snare”) has also been proposed.
According to Ačaṙean, Lazცანცა(ʒanʒa, “basket for picking grapes and other fruits”) is an Armenian borrowing.
Ոչ կարեմ ասել զերգագութիւն ձեռինն, ո՛րպէս անբաւք ի նմանէ յերկիր անկեալ թաւալագլոր խաղային, օրինակ իմն ի գեղեցիկ ցանցորդէ լի ձկամբք յերկիր թօթափեալ ցանցոյն, կայտռէին յերեսս երկրին։
Očʻ karem asel zergagutʻiwn jeṙinn, órpēs anbawkʻ i nmanē yerkir ankeal tʻawalaglor xałayin, ōrinak imn i gełecʻik cʻancʻordē li jkambkʻ yerkir tʻōtʻapʻeal cʻancʻoyn, kaytṙēin yeress erkrin.
Translation by Robert W. Thomson
I am unable to describe the quickness of his arm and how an infinite number were struck to the ground by him and rolled in the dust. Like a net full of fish emptied on the ground by an expert fisherman, they danced on the surface of the earth.
↑ 1.01.1Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցանց”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 450–451
^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 957
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2016) “Mediterranean substrate words in Armenian: two etymologies”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen, Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander & Birgit Anette Olsen, editors, Etymology and the European Lexicon. Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft, Copenhagen, 17-22 September 2012, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 294
^ Dalalyan, Tork (2011) Alanian Loan-words in Armenian, Handout, 7th European Conference
of Iranian Studies, Cracow, September 7–10, 2011
^ Movsēs Xorenacʻi (1913) M. Abeġean and S. Yarutʻiwnean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; II.1), Tiflis: Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻ Press, pages 230–231
^ Thomson, Robert W. (2006) Moses Khorenats‘i, History of the Armenians: translation and commentary on the literary sources, revised edition, Ann Arbor: Caravan Books, page 233
^ Zōhrapean, Yovhannēs, editor (1805), Astuacašunčʻ matean Hin ew Nor Ktakaranacʻ , volume III, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 215