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Where does “կանամբի” come from?

կանամբի (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian կանամբի, from Old Armenian կանամբ, from Old Armenian ի-, from Old Armenian հի-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

կանամբի (Armenian): having a wife, married, conjugated; married man

Definitions

  1. having a wife, married, conjugated; married man

Ancestry of “կանամբի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianկանամբիhaving a wife, married, conjugated; married man
2Old Armenianկանամբinstrumental singular of կին
3Old Armenianի-thing; what?
4Old Armenianհի-something
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
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