Where does “վախճանամերձ” come from?

վախճանամերձ (Armenian) comes from Armenian մերձ, from Old Armenian մերձ, from Old Armenian -ան, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

վախճանամերձ (Armenian): dying, moribund

Definitions

  1. dying, moribund

Ancestry of “վախճանամերձ”, step by step

վախճանամերձ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian մերձ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianմերձnear, close
2Old Armenianմերձnear, nigh, next, close to, contiguous; near,...
3Old Armenian-անfound mainly in nouns; instrument-suffix;...
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Armenian վախճան

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianվախճանend; death; ending, finish
2Old Armenianվախճանend, term; end, scope, object; issue, event, end,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Old Armenian -ան →Every word from Old Armenian մերձ →