Where does “լեզվաընտանիք” come from?
լեզվաընտանիք (Armenian) comes from Armenian ընտանիք, from Old Armenian ընտանիք, from Old Armenian ընտանի, from Old Armenian ընդ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.
լեզվաընտանիք (Armenian): language family
Definitions
- language family
Ancestry of “լեզվաընտանիք”, step by step
լեզվաընտանիք traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Armenian ընտանիք
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenian | ընտանիք | family |
| 2 | Old Armenian | ընտանիք | nominative plural of ընտանի |
| 3 | Old Armenian | ընտանի | domestic; native; kindred, own, not alien;... |
| 4 | Old Armenian | ընդ | in the place, instead of; for; with; to, in the... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Armenian լեզու
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenian | լեզու | tongue; language; speech, talk |
| 2 | Old Armenian | լեզու | tongue; language, speech, idiom; nation, people |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s | tongue |