Where does “Ավետիս” come from?

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

Ավետիս (Armenian): good news

Definitions

  1. good news

Ancestry of “Ավետիս”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Ավետիս”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yo- →Every word from Old Armenian -ի →Every word from Old Armenian -իք →