Where does “այլուստ” come from?
այլուստ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ուստ, from Old Armenian ու-, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷu-.
այլուստ (Old Armenian): from another place or situation; otherwise
Definitions
- from another place or situation; otherwise
Ancestry of “այլուստ”, step by step
այլուստ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Armenian ուստ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Armenian | ուստ | whence? from where? from what place? which way?;... |
| 2 | Old Armenian | ու- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷu- | — |
via Old Armenian այլ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Armenian | այլ | another, other; alien, foreign; also |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élyos | other, another |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |