Where does “ծերունի” come from?

ծերունի (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ծերունի, from Old Armenian -ունի, from Old Armenian -ուն, from Proto-Indo-European -o-mno-, from Proto-Indo-European -o-meno- — adverbial suffix of neuter gender.

ծերունի (Armenian): old man; aged; old age; senile

Definitions

  1. old man; aged; old age; senile

Ancestry of “ծերունի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianծերունիold man or woman; aged, old; senile
2Old Armenian-ունիforming adjectives; denoting a member of a...
3Old Armenian-ունforming adjectives from verbs and rarely from...
4Proto-Indo-European-o-mno-
5Proto-Indo-European-o-meno-adverbial suffix of neuter gender
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -o-meno-Every word from Old Armenian -ունEvery word from Old Armenian -ունի
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