English
Melikyan
Melikyan comes from Armenian Մելիքյան, from Մելիք ‘a male given name’, and ultimately from Proto-Semitic *malk- ‘king, prince’.
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*malk-‘king, prince’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَلِك‘king’
- Middle Armenianc. 1100–1700Մելիք
- Armenianmodernsame form‘a male given name’
- Armenian, derivedmodernՄելիքյանMelikʻyan
- EnglishtodayMelikyan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*malk-‘king, prince’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَلِك‘king’
- Middle Armenianc. 1100–1700Մելիք
- Armenianmodernsame form‘a male given name’
- Armenian, derivedmodernՄելիքյանMelikʻyan
- EnglishtodayMelikyan
Every English word from Proto-Semitic *malk-
Today it means
name A surname from Armenian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *malk- / Melikyan