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Where does “ամ” come from?

ամ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ամ, from Proto-Indo-European s(e)meh₂-.

ամ (Armenian): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “ամ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianամyear; age
2Proto-Indo-Europeans(e)meh₂-—

Words derived from “ամ”

  • հազարամյակ
  • տասնամյակ
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