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Where does “գիշերային” come from?

գիշերային (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գիշերային, from Old Armenian -ային, from Old Armenian -ին, from Proto-Indo-European -eno-, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

գիշերային (Armenian): night ; nighttime ; of the night; nocturnal

Definitions

  1. night ; nighttime ; of the night; nocturnal

Ancestry of “գիշերային”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգիշերայինnocturnal
2Old Armenian-այինForming adjectives
3Old Armenian-ինforming adjectives with the meaning of location;...
4Proto-Indo-European-eno-—
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →