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