Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սանդուղք (sandułkʻ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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սանդուղք (sanduġkʻ)

  1. stairs
  2. ladder

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin in uncertain.[1] Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *skand- (to jump, go up) and cognate with Latin scandō (to climb), Sanskrit स्कन्दति (skandati, to jump), Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, trap), Old Irish sceinnid (to spring), but the correspondence of *sk- to ս- (s-) is irregular.[2][3][4][5]

Noun

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սանդուղք (sandułkʻpl

  1. stairs, ladder

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References

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  1. ^ 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 951
  2. ^ Dervischjan, P. Seraphin (1877) Armeniaca I: Das Altarmenische (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 27
  3. ^ Tērvišean, Serovbē (1885) Hndewropakan naxalezu [The Proto-Indo-European Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Nšan K. Pērpērean, page 111
  4. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սանդուղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 173
  5. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “սանդուղք”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 667

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սանդուղք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սանդուղք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy