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Where does “ամպրոպ” come from?

ամպրոպ (Old Armenian) comes from Proto-Indo-European m̥bʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- — to become damp, cloudy.

ամպրոպ (Old Armenian): thunder; noise, explosion, crash, report

Definitions

  1. thunder; noise, explosion, crash, report

Ancestry of “ամպրոպ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanm̥bʰrós—
2Proto-Indo-Europeann̥bʰrósrain-cloud, with semantic narrowing to rain,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeannebʰ-to become damp, cloudy

Words derived from “ամպրոպ”

  • ամպրոպ
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