STUDIES IN ARMENIAN ETYMOLOGY - Get a Free Blog

I suggest the following solution: *h2(e/o)u�s- > PArm. *ag- (cf. s.v.v. ayg
`morning' and e�g `female') + suffix -kn� (as in akn `eye') + dual *-ih1 = *agkanj� >
*ak(k)anj� > akanj�.
According to �ap`anc`yan (1961: 93; 1975: 352; see also Abaev 1978: 48), Arm.
akanj� has nothing to do with unkn and reflects Zan *q�'wanʒ� `ear' from Kartv.
(unattested) *q�war-, cf. Megr. q�uʒ�, etc. He (1975: 352) also assumes that �arabaɫ
angu‰ etc., with -u-, reflects the labial -w- of the Kartvelian form. [Klimov (1998:
246) reconstructs GZ *q�ur-]. This is unconvincing. Rightly rejected by A‰ar�yan
(HAB 1: 104b). The resemblance of akanj� with some ECauc forms is probably
accidental too (J�ahukyan 1987: 611).
akut` akut` akut` akut` `cookstove'.
Attested in Vardan Barjrberdc`i (13-14th cent.), Canon Law, and "Yaysmawurk`"
(AblSg y-akut`-e�). In "Bar�girk` hayoc`" (see Amalyan 1975: 141 Nr112 ), akut` renders
xaroyk `campfire' (q.v.). In Canons by Dawit` Alawkay ordi (12th cent.,
Ganjak/Kirovabad): Ayl t`e� i t`ondruk` kam ar� akut` merj gtani, [A.
Abrahamyan 1952: 54 L108f ].
����DIAL DIAL
DIAL A‰ar�yan (HAB 1: 110a) only cites dialect records from J�uɫa, P`ambak, and
S�amaxi. Meɫri and Are� must be added here [Aɫayan 1954: 260b; Lusenc` 1982:
195b]. It also seems to be found in dialects of Van-group: S�atax h'a�ngyu�t` `= o�j�ax'
and Van angurt` `a portable oven made of clay' (see M. Muradyan 1962: 213a and
HayLezBrbBar� 1, 2001: 56b respectively; akut` is not mentioned). The S�atax form
can derive from *y-angut`. The same holds true for Van, if the actual form has an
initial a�-; cf. 2.3.1. The forms have an epenthetic -n-; Van has also an -r-; both are
common in these dialects, cf. M. Muradyan 1962: 64; A‰ar�yan 1952: 101.
I conclude that the word represents an isogloss involving the groups 6 and 7, as
well as the eastern part of the group 2. This seems to be partly confirmed by the
geography of literary attestations.
����ETYM ETYM No etymological attempt is recorded in HAB.
J�ahukyan (1967: 151) lists akut` among words showing no consonant shift,
linking it with the PIE word for `oven': *Huk w : OIc. ofn, Gr. �������, etc. Greppin
(1983: 265) gives the entry between square brackets. The etymology is accepted in
Mallory/Adams 1997: 443b. Here akut` is derived from the delabialized (after *-u-)
variant *Huk-: Lat. aulla `pot', Goth. au�hns `oven', Skt. ukha� `cooking pot'.
However, this is very improbable since the formal problems are hard to surmount.
J�ahukyan (1987: 472) compares to Akkad. akuku�tu `half-burnt wood', considering
the resemblance as doubtful or accidental.
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