Where does “հարբենալ” come from?

հարբենալ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian արբենամ, from Old Armenian արբ-, from Proto-Indo-European sr̥bʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European srebʰ- — to sip, gulp, suck.

Ancestry of “հարբենալ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianարբենամto get drunk, to intoxicate, to drink to excess
2Old Armenianարբ-to drink; to get drunk
3Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥bʰ-
4Proto-Indo-Europeansrebʰ-to sip, gulp, suck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European srebʰ-Every word from Old Armenian արբ-Every word from Old Armenian արբենամ
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