Where does “սիրավեպ” come from?
սիրավեպ (Armenian) comes from Armenian վեպ, from Old Armenian վէպ, from Ancient Greek ϝέπος, from Proto-Hellenic wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
սիրավեպ (Armenian): romance novel; love story
Definitions
- romance novel; love story
Ancestry of “սիրավեպ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Armenian | վեպ | novel; romance; epic, legend, tale |
| 2 | Old Armenian | վէպ | story, myth, epic, legend, tale |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ϝέπος | — |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | wékʷos | word, speech |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wékʷos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |