Where does “բամբաս” come from?

բամբաս (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian բամբաս, from Old Armenian բամ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.

բամբաս (Armenian): gossip

Definitions

  1. gossip

Ancestry of “բամբաս”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianբամբասbackbite, gossip
2Old Armenianբամto speak, to say; that
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti →Every word from Old Armenian բամ →Every word from Old Armenian բամբաս →