Where does “մարդաբան” come from?
մարդաբան (Armenian) comes from Armenian բան, from Old Armenian բան, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ni-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.
մարդաբան (Armenian): anthropologist
Definitions
- anthropologist
Ancestry of “մարդաբան”, step by step
մարդաբան traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Armenian բան
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenian | բան | thing; work, business; penis |
| 2 | Old Armenian | բան | speech, word, term, saying, dictate, expression,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂ni- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |