Where does “-ցն-” come from?

-ցն- (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian -ուցան-, from Old Armenian ան-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

-ցն- (Armenian): Infixed into suffixed verbs ending with -ել in...

Definitions

  1. Infixed into suffixed verbs ending with -ել in...

Ancestry of “-ցն-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenian-ուցան-Forms causatives of verbs
2Old Armenianան-a privative prefix, without, -less, un-, dis-;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Old Armenian ան- →