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Where does “կողմնակի” come from?

կողմնակի (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian կողմնակի, from Old Armenian -ակի, from Old Armenian -ակ, from Old Armenian ունակ, from Old Armenian ունիմ, from Proto-Indo-European ōpn-, from Proto-Indo-European ōp- — to achieve.

կողմնակի (Armenian): outside, strange, foreign; extraneous; secondary;...

Definitions

  1. outside, strange, foreign; extraneous; secondary;...

Ancestry of “կողմնակի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianկողմնակիlaterally, obliquely, sideways, indirectly
2Old Armenian-ակիForming adverbs
3Old Armenian-ակforming diminutives from nominal stems; forming...
4Old Armenianունակhaving, containing
5Old Armenianունիմto have; to take, to hold, to possess, to occupy,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanōpn-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanōp-to achieve
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