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Where does “Ավետ” come from?

Ավետ (Armenian) comes from Armenian Ավետիս, from Old Armenian աւետիս, from Old Armenian աւետիք, from Old Armenian -իք, from Old Armenian -ի, from Proto-Indo-European -yo-.

Ancestry of “Ավետ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArmenianԱվետիս—
2Old ArmenianաւետիսAlternative form of աւետիք
3Old Armenianաւետիքgood news, notification of good news; promise of...
4Old Armenian-իքforming plural-only abstract nouns
5Old Armenian-իforming adjectives; forming botanical names; made...
6Proto-Indo-European-yo-—
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