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Where does “գուշակություն” come from?

գուշակություն (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գուշակութիւն, from Old Armenian -ութիւն, from Old Armenian -ոյթ, from Proto-Indo-European -ti-.

գուշակություն (Armenian): fortune-telling, soothsaying; foresight,...

Definitions

  1. fortune-telling, soothsaying; foresight,...

Ancestry of “գուշակություն”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգուշակութիւնprophecy; presage, omen, prognostic; augury,...
2Old Armenian-ութիւն-ity, -ness, -dom, -hood, -y
3Old Armenian-ոյթforming abstract nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-ti-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ti- →