Where does “արդեն” come from?

արդեն (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian արդէն, from Old Armenian -էն, from Proto-Indo-European ey-ni-.

արդեն (Armenian): already

Definitions

  1. already

Ancestry of “արդեն”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianարդէնalready; before
2Old Armenian-էնforming adverbs
3Proto-Indo-Europeaney-ni-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ey-ni- →Every word from Old Armenian -էն →Every word from Old Armenian արդէն →