Where does “-ի” come from?
-ի (Middle Armenian) comes from Old Armenian -ի, from Proto-Indo-European -yo-.
-ի (Middle Armenian): forming botanical names
Ancestry of “-ի”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Armenian | -ի | forming adjectives; forming botanical names; made... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -yo- | — |