Where does “ալմաս” come from?

ալմաս (Middle Armenian) comes from Persian الماس, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

ալմաս (Middle Armenian): diamond

Definitions

  1. diamond

Ancestry of “ալմաս”, step by step

ալմաս traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian الماس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianالماسdiamond
2Ancient Greekἀδάμαςadamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal...
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Classical Persian الماس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianالماس—

Words derived from “ալմաս”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας →