Where does “որքան” come from?
որքան (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian որքան, from Old Armenian քան, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂n, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.
որքան (Armenian): how much; how
Ancestry of “որքան”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Armenian | որքան | — |
| 2 | Old Armenian | քան | than |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂n | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |