Where does “ծերուն” come from?

ծերուն (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ծերուն, from Proto-Indo-European ǵérh₂onts, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

ծերուն (Armenian): old, aged; old man

Definitions

  1. old, aged; old man

Ancestry of “ծերուն”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianծերունold
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵérh₂ontsold
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵérh₂onts →Every word from Old Armenian ծերուն →