Where does “ստվարաթիվ” come from?
ստվարաթիվ (Armenian) comes from Armenian թիվ, from Old Armenian թիւ, from Hurrian ???? — word, deed.
ստվարաթիվ (Armenian): numerous, countless
Ancestry of “ստվարաթիվ”, step by step
ստվարաթիվ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Armenian թիվ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Armenian | թիվ | number; quantity, number; year; date |
| 2 | Old Armenian | թիւ | enumeration, counting; number; quantity; list,... |
| 3 | Hurrian | ???? | word, deed |
via Armenian ստվար
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Armenian | ստվար | thick, large; thick, dense; numerous |
| 2 | Old Armenian | ստուար | thick, dense; large, great, voluminous; heavy |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |