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Where does “գան” come from?

գան (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գան, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰn̥-(n)i-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

գան (Armenian): beating, bastinado, battery, blows with a stick

Definitions

  1. beating, bastinado, battery, blows with a stick

Ancestry of “գան”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգանbeating, bastinado, battery, blows with a stick,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰn̥-(n)i-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—
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