Where does “անդամ” come from?

անդամ (Middle Armenian) comes from Old Armenian անդամ, from Middle Iranian andām, from Proto-Iranian hamdaHma, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

անդամ (Middle Armenian): limb, member; thighbone, femur

Definitions

  1. limb, member; thighbone, femur

Ancestry of “անդամ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianանդամlimb, member; the whole body
2Middle Iranianandām—
3Proto-IranianhamdaHmamember, limb
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “անդամ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Iranian hamdaHma →Every word from Middle Iranian andām →