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Where does “աղբիս” come from?

աղբիս (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian աղբիք, from Old Armenian իք, from Old Armenian ի-, from Old Armenian հի-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

աղբիս (Old Armenian): Alternative form of աղբիք

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of աղբիք

Ancestry of “աղբիս”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianաղբիքplace for garbage
2Old Armenianիքsome, a, an, certain; is, there is; what is, what...
3Old Armenianի-thing; what?
4Old Armenianհի-something
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →