Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The root is խոթ- (xotʻ-), an ablaut grade of խայթ (xaytʻ), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.

Verb edit

խոթեմ (xotʻem)  (aorist indicative խոթեցի)

  1. to look with a scowling gaze
  2. to bite
  3. to shove

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խոթել (xotʻel)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խոթ”, 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 325