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

Definitions

  1. refugee

Ancestry of “փախստյա”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianփախստեայfugitive, deserter, runaway; fugitive, fleeing
2Old Armenianփախուստflight, escape; evasion, subterfuge, shift,...
3Old Armenian-ստForming few action nouns. These action nouns may...
4Proto-Indo-European-sti-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sti- →Every word from Old Armenian -ստ →Every word from Old Armenian փախուստ →