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Where does “բողջն” come from?

բողջն (Middle Armenian) comes from Middle Armenian բողջ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰoldʰyo-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

բողջն (Middle Armenian): ball

Definitions

  1. ball

Ancestry of “բողջն”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Armenianբողջswelling, tumour, wound
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰoldʰyo-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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