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Where does “գերի” come from?

գերի (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գերի, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁-.

գերի (Armenian): captive, prisoner; captive

Definitions

  1. captive, prisoner; captive

Ancestry of “գերի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգերիcaptive, prisoner; group of captives
2Proto-Indo-European*wreh₁-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁- →