Where does “մենաբարբառ” come from?
մենաբարբառ (Armenian) comes from Armenian բարբառ, from Old Armenian բարբառ, from Old Armenian բառ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.
մենաբարբառ (Armenian): monophthong
Definitions
- monophthong
Ancestry of “մենաբարբառ”, step by step
մենաբարբառ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Armenian բարբառ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenian | բարբառ | dialect; language; speech; word |
| 2 | Old Armenian | բարբառ | human voice, speech, word |
| 3 | Old Armenian | բառ | word; language, speech; melody, tune |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |