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Where does “սերունդ” come from?

սերունդ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian սերունդ, from Old Armenian սերիմ, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

սերունդ (Armenian): generation; posterity, descendants

Definitions

  1. generation; posterity, descendants

Ancestry of “սերունդ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianսերունդoffspring, scion, progeny, race, lineage, line,...
2Old Armenianսերիմbe born
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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