Where does “ծննդավայր” come from?

ծննդավայր (Armenian) comes from Armenian ծնունդ, from Old Armenian ծնունդ, from Old Armenian ծնանիմ, from Old Armenian ան-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

ծննդավայր (Armenian): birthplace

Definitions

  1. birthplace

Ancestry of “ծննդավայր”, step by step

ծննդավայր traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian ծնունդ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianծնունդbirth; delivery; the newborn
2Old Armenianծնունդchildbirth, delivery; birth, nativity; origin,...
3Old Armenianծնանիմto beget; to give birth, being or life to, to...
4Old Armenianան-a privative prefix, without, -less, un-, dis-;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Armenian վայր

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianվայրplace, location, locality; down
2Old Armenianվայրopen and uninhabited land, wild country; any...
3Undeterminedvāiδa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Proto-Indo-European n̥-Every word from Old Armenian ան-