Where does “-ան” come from?

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

-ան (Armenian): forming nouns; instrument-suffix

Definitions

  1. forming nouns; instrument-suffix

Ancestry of “-ան”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenian-անfound mainly in nouns; instrument-suffix;...
2Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “-ան”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Old Armenian -ան →
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