Where does “մեղրամիս” come from?

մեղրամիս (Armenian) comes from Armenian ամիս, from Old Armenian ամիս, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

մեղրամիս (Armenian): honeymoon

Definitions

  1. honeymoon

Ancestry of “մեղրամիս”, step by step

մեղրամիս traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian ամիս

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianամիսmonth
2Old Armenianամիսmonth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Armenian մեղր

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianմեղրhoney
2Old Armenianմեղրhoney
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Old Armenian ամիս →