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Where does “էգ” come from?

էգ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian էգ, from Proto-Indo-European yews-i(e)h₂-.

էգ (Armenian): female; female animal; woman

Definitions

  1. female; female animal; woman

Ancestry of “էգ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianէգfemale
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyews-i(e)h₂-—
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