Where does “փախստյա” come from?
փախստյա (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian փախստեայ, from Old Armenian փախուստ, from Old Armenian -ստ, from Proto-Indo-European -sti-.
փախստյա (Armenian): refugee
Ancestry of “փախստյա”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Armenian | փախստեայ | fugitive, deserter, runaway; fugitive, fleeing |
| 2 | Old Armenian | փախուստ | flight, escape; evasion, subterfuge, shift,... |
| 3 | Old Armenian | -ստ | Forming few action nouns. These action nouns may... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -sti- | — |