Where does “գոյություն” come from?

գոյություն (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գոյութիւն, from Old Armenian -ութիւն, from Old Armenian -ոյթ, from Proto-Indo-European -ti-.

գոյություն (Armenian): existence, being; life; presence

Definitions

  1. existence, being; life; presence

Ancestry of “գոյություն”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգոյութիւնexistence, being, nature, essence, substance,...
2Old Armenian-ութիւն-ity, -ness, -dom, -hood, -y
3Old Armenian-ոյթforming abstract nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-ti-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ti- →Every word from Old Armenian -ութիւն →Every word from Old Armenian -ոյթ →
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