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Where does “լիգա” come from?

լիգա (Armenian) comes from Russian ли́га, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

լիգա (Armenian): league

Definitions

  1. league

Ancestry of “լիգա”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianли́га—
2Latinligō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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