Where does “ավետիս” come from?

ավետիս (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian աւետիս, from Old Armenian աւետիք, from Old Armenian -իք, from Old Armenian -ի, from Proto-Indo-European -yo-.

ավետիս (Armenian): good news; promise of reward

Definitions

  1. good news; promise of reward

Ancestry of “ավետիս”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old ArmenianաւետիսAlternative form of աւետիք
2Old Armenianաւետիքgood news, notification of good news; promise of...
3Old Armenian-իքforming plural-only abstract nouns
4Old Armenianforming adjectives; forming botanical names; made...
5Proto-Indo-European-yo-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yo-Every word from Old Armenian Every word from Old Armenian -իք