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
Ancestry of “ամպրոպ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Armenian | ամպրոպ | thunder; noise, explosion, crash, report |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | m̥bʰrós | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥bʰrós | rain-cloud, with semantic narrowing to rain,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nebʰ- | to become damp, cloudy |