Where does “Armeniș” come from?
Armeniș (English) comes from Romanian Armeniș, from Hungarian Örményes, from Hungarian örmény, from Turkish Ermeni, from Ottoman Turkish ارمنی, from Persian ارمنی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk' — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “Armeniș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Armeniș | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | Örményes | — |
| 3 | Hungarian | örmény | Armenian |
| 4 | Turkish | Ermeni | Armenian person |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | ارمنی | Armenian |
| 6 | Persian | ارمنی | Armenian |
| 7 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 8 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 9 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |