Where does “վայրենություն” come from?
վայրենություն (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian վայրենութիւն, from Old Armenian վայրենի, from Old Armenian -ենի, from Old Armenian -ի, from Proto-Indo-European -yo-.
վայրենություն (Armenian): wildness, savagery; barbarism, brutality
Definitions
- wildness, savagery; barbarism, brutality
Ancestry of “վայրենություն”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Armenian | վայրենութիւն | savage nature, inhumanity, fierceness, ferocity,... |
| 2 | Old Armenian | վայրենի | wild; rustic, unmannerly, clownish, boorish,... |
| 3 | Old Armenian | -ենի | forming adjectives; forming names of trees and... |
| 4 | Old Armenian | -ի | forming adjectives; forming botanical names; made... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yo- | — |