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Where does “շամբուտ” come from?

շամբուտ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian շամբուտ, from Old Armenian -ուտ, from Old Armenian -ան, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

շամբուտ (Armenian): canebrake; full of canes or reeds

Definitions

  1. canebrake; full of canes or reeds

Ancestry of “շամբուտ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianշամբուտfull of canes or reeds
2Old Armenian-ուտabounding in
3Old Armenian-անfound mainly in nouns; instrument-suffix;...
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →