Where does “ասիական” come from?
ասիական (Armenian) comes from Armenian Ասիա, from Old Armenian Ասիա, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.
ասիական (Armenian): Asian
Ancestry of “ասիական”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Armenian | Ասիա | — |
| 2 | Old Armenian | Ասիա | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἀσία | Asia Minor; Asia; Asia |
| 4 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 | an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the... |
| 5 | Hittite | 𒀸𒋗𒉿 | northwest Anatolia |