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Where does “անասնաբույժ” come from?

անասնաբույժ (Armenian) comes from Armenian անասուն, from Old Armenian անասուն, from Old Armenian ասուն, from Old Armenian -ուն, from Proto-Indo-European -o-mno-, from Proto-Indo-European -o-meno- — adverbial suffix of neuter gender.

անասնաբույժ (Armenian): veterinarian

Definitions

  1. veterinarian

Ancestry of “անասնաբույժ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianանասունanimal, beast; brute, beast; child
2Old Armenianանասունirrational; not endowed with the faculty of...
3Old Armenianասունthat is endowed with the faculty of speaking,...
4Old Armenian-ունforming adjectives from verbs and rarely from...
5Proto-Indo-European-o-mno-—
6Proto-Indo-European-o-meno-adverbial suffix of neuter gender
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