Where does “հեքիաթասաց” come from?

հեքիաթասաց (Armenian) comes from Armenian ասել, from Old Armenian ասեմ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- — to say.

հեքիաթասաց (Armenian): storyteller

Definitions

  1. storyteller

Ancestry of “հեքիաթասաց”, step by step

հեքիաթասաց traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian ասել

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianասելto say; to tell; to indicate, to point
2Old Armenianասեմto say, to express, to speak, to relate, to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ǵ-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵ-to say

via Armenian հեքիաթ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianհեքիաթfairy tale, tale
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ǵ-Every word from Old Armenian ասեմ