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Where does “մայրենի” come from?

մայրենի (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian մայրենի, from Old Armenian -ենի, from Old Armenian -ի, from Proto-Indo-European -yo-.

մայրենի (Armenian): maternal; native, home; mother tongue, first...

Definitions

  1. maternal; native, home; mother tongue, first...

Ancestry of “մայրենի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianմայրենիmaternal, motherly; by mother's side
2Old Armenian-ենիforming adjectives; forming names of trees and...
3Old Armenian-իforming adjectives; forming botanical names; made...
4Proto-Indo-European-yo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yo- →