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Where does “գեղանի” come from?

գեղանի (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գեղանի, from Old Armenian -անի, from Old Armenian -ի, from Proto-Indo-European -yo-.

գեղանի (Armenian): very beautiful

Definitions

  1. very beautiful

Ancestry of “գեղանի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգեղանիbeautiful, handsome, pretty
2Old Armenian-անիPossessing a quality or thing; Forming collective...
3Old Armenian-իforming adjectives; forming botanical names; made...
4Proto-Indo-European-yo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yo- →