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Where does “վզան” come from?

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

վզան (Armenian): holding the neck high; haughty, stiff-necked

Definitions

  1. holding the neck high; haughty, stiff-necked

Ancestry of “վզան”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianվզանhaughty, uncontrolled, stiff-necked
2Old Armenian-անfound mainly in nouns; instrument-suffix;...
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
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