եղունգն

• եղունկն (ełunkn)
• ղանկ (łank)

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (“nail”) (*h₃nogʷʰ- or *h₃nogʰ-u-). Armenian presents phonological problems. Martirosyan proposes the following derivation chain: with secondary e-prothesis from Proto-Armenian *lungn, by dissimilation and loss of pretonic u- from *unúngn, through nasal anticipation from *unug-n, with a final nasal frequent in body-part terms (probably from Proto-Indo-European accusative *-m̥). See also մագիլ (magil). The other meanings are semantic loans from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux).

եղունգն • (ełungn)

1. nail; claw, talon; hoof
2. (figuratively) an instrument of a sculptor; scraper
3. onyx (gem)
4. a kind of aromatic substance

• Armenian: եղունգ (ełung)
• Middle Armenian: ղունգ (łung), ղունկ (łunk), ղունկն (łunkn), ըղունգ (əłung), ըղունգն (əłungn), ըղունկ (əłunk), ըղունկն (əłunkn)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “եղունգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “եղունգն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “եղունգն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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, Boston: Brill, page 254