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Where does “ինչ” come from?

ինչ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ինչ, from Old Armenian ի-, from Old Armenian հի-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

ինչ (Armenian): what; that, which

Definitions

  1. what; that, which

Ancestry of “ինչ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianինչsome, a, an, one, certain, single, any; what?...
2Old Armenianի-thing; what?
3Old Armenianհի-something
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

Words derived from “ինչ”

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