Where does “որովհետեւ” come from?

որովհետեւ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian որովհետեւ, from Old Armenian -եւ, from Old Armenian -ւ, from Proto-Indo-European -bʰi — forms adverbs with locative meaning.

որովհետեւ (Armenian): because, since

Definitions

  1. because, since

Ancestry of “որովհետեւ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianորովհետեւbecause, since
2Old Armenian-եւfound in some adverbs and conjunctions
3Old Armenian-ւinstrumental case marker; third-person singular...
4Proto-Indo-European-bʰiforms adverbs with locative meaning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -bʰi →Every word from Old Armenian -եւ →Every word from Old Armenian -ւ →