Where does “Եղիա” come from?
Եղիա (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian Եղիա, from Hebrew אליהו, from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.
Ancestry of “Եղիա”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Armenian | Եղիա | — |
| 2 | Hebrew | אליהו | My God is Yahweh |
| 3 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 4 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 5 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |