Where does “ամպրոպ” come from?

ամպրոպ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ամպրոպ, from Proto-Indo-European m̥bʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- — to become damp, cloudy.

ամպրոպ (Armenian): thunderstorm

Definitions

  1. thunderstorm

Ancestry of “ամպրոպ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianամպրոպthunder; noise, explosion, crash, report
2Proto-Indo-Europeanm̥bʰrós—
3Proto-Indo-Europeann̥bʰrósrain-cloud, with semantic narrowing to rain,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeannebʰ-to become damp, cloudy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European m̥bʰrós →