Where does “բարմեն” come from?
բարմեն (Armenian) comes from Russian барме́н, from English barman, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją.
բարմեն (Armenian): barman, bartender, barkeeper
Definitions
- barman, bartender, barkeeper
Ancestry of “բարմեն”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | барме́н | barman, bartender |
| 2 | English | barman | A man who works in a bar |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |