Where does “անարի” come from?

անարի (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian անարի, from Proto-Basque anari, from Finnish äänenvaimennin, from Finnish ääni, from Greenlandic Aani, from Danish ane, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna — on, onto.

անարի (Armenian): cowardly, not courageous; non-Aryan, non-Iranian

Definitions

  1. cowardly, not courageous; non-Aryan, non-Iranian

Ancestry of “անարի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianանարիweak, feeble, unmanly, timid, pusillanimous,...
2Proto-Basqueanarimale sheep or goat; billy, ram
3Finnishäänenvaimenninmuffler; silencer
4Finnishäänisound; audio; voice
5GreenlandicAani—
6Danishaneforefather; guess; suspect
7Middle High Germanānewithout
8Old High Germanānawithout
9Proto-West Germanicanaon
10Proto-Germanic*an—
11Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →