Where does “Մեծ Եղեռն” come from?

Մեծ Եղեռն (Armenian) comes from Armenian մեծ, from Old Armenian մեծ, from Old Armenian ան-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

Մեծ Եղեռն (Armenian): The Armenian genocide

Definitions

  1. The Armenian genocide

Ancestry of “Մեծ Եղեռն”, step by step

Մեծ Եղեռն traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian մեծ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianմեծbig, large; spacious, voluminous, sizable; lofty,...
2Old Armenianմեծgreat; large, big; strong, powerful, mighty;...
3Old Armenianան-a privative prefix, without, -less, un-, dis-;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Armenian եղեռն

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianեղեռնcrime, evil deed; calamity, catastrophe,...
2Old Armenianեղեռնcalamity, catastrophe, disaster
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃elh₁-to fall, to collapse; to destroy/be destroyed

Words derived from “Մեծ Եղեռն”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Old Armenian ան- →