Where does “գնալ-գալ” come from?

գնալ-գալ (Armenian) comes from Armenian գալ, from Old Armenian գամ, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂(-dʰ)-mi, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- — to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse.

գնալ-գալ (Armenian): to come and go; to visit, to frequent; to pace

Definitions

  1. to come and go; to visit, to frequent; to pace

Ancestry of “գնալ-գալ”, step by step

գնալ-գալ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian գալ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianգալto come; to arrive
2Old Armenianգամto come; to arrive, to attain; to behave, to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂(-dʰ)-mi
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse

via Armenian գնալ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianգնալto go; to go away, to leave, to depart; to go out
2Old Armenianգնամto go, to walk; to pass, to flow, to flow away;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂(-dʰ)-miEvery word from Old Armenian գամ