Where does “հազվագյուտ” come from?

հազվագյուտ (Armenian) comes from Armenian գյուտ, from Old Armenian գիւտ, from Proto-Indo-European wid-ti-, from Indo-European *weyd-.

հազվագյուտ (Armenian): rare, uncommon, difficult to acquire or find

Definitions

  1. rare, uncommon, difficult to acquire or find

Ancestry of “հազվագյուտ”, step by step

հազվագյուտ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian գյուտ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianգյուտinvention
2Old Armenianգիւտthe act of finding something lost; artifice,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwid-ti-
4Indo-European*weyd-

via Armenian հազիվ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianհազիվbarely, scarcely, just
2Old Armenianհազիւ
Every word from Indo-European *weyd-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wid-ti-Every word from Old Armenian գիւտ