Where does “իրար” come from?

իրար (Armenian) comes from Middle Armenian իրար, from Old Armenian իրեար, from Proto-Indo-European iter-iter-eh₂-.

իրար (Armenian): each other, one another

Definitions

  1. each other, one another

Ancestry of “իրար”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Armenianիրար—
2Old Armenianիրեարto each other, to one another
3Proto-Indo-Europeaniter-iter-eh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European iter-iter-eh₂- →Every word from Old Armenian իրեար →Every word from Middle Armenian իրար →