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Where does “ոստ” come from?

ոստ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ոստայն, from Old Armenian -այն, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

ոստ (Armenian): branch, bough; the spun yarn collected around the...

Definitions

  1. branch, bough; the spun yarn collected around the...

Ancestry of “ոստ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianոստայնtexture, tissue, web, weft
2Old Armenian-այնA suffix found in some adverbs and nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
4Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →