Old Armenian

Root

կոճ- • ‎(koč-)

1. to break; to chop off, to lop off, to cut off

   *կոճեմ‎ ― *kočem ― to strike; to break; to cut off

   կոշկոճեմ‎ ― koškočem ― to beat

2. tree trunk with branches lopped away

   կոճ‎ ― koč ― log, beam

   կոճղ‎ ― kočł ― tree trunk

3. protruding bony part on the body (because of the likeness to a rough piece of wood or to a trunk of a tree)

   կոճ‎ ― koč ― anklebone, knucklebone

4. spherical parts on plants

   կոճակ‎ ― kočak ― bud, germ

   կոճղէզ‎ ― kočłēz ― bulbous root

   կոճ վրացի‎ ― koč vracʿi ― hellebore

   կոճապղպեղ‎ ― kočapłpeł ― ginger

5. other small spherical objects

   կոճակ‎ ― kočak ― button

Derived terms

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կոճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 370