Where does “Հերոդոտոս” come from?
Հերոդոտոս (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian Հերոդոտոս, from Ancient Greek Ἡρόδοτος, from Ancient Greek δοτός, from Proto-Indo-European dh₃tós, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
Ancestry of “Հերոդոտոս”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Armenian | Հերոդոտոս | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἡρόδοτος | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δοτός | granted; given |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dh₃tós | given |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |