Where does “անարի” come from?
անարի (Old Armenian) comes from Proto-Basque anari, from Finnish äänenvaimennin, from Finnish ääni, from Greenlandic Aani, from Danish ane, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana — on, onto.
անարի (Old Armenian): weak, feeble, unmanly, timid, pusillanimous,...
Definitions
- weak, feeble, unmanly, timid, pusillanimous,...
Ancestry of “անարի”, step by step
անարի traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Basque anari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Basque | anari | male sheep or goat; billy, ram |
| 2 | Finnish | äänenvaimennin | muffler; silencer |
| 3 | Finnish | ääni | sound; audio; voice |
| 4 | Greenlandic | Aani | — |
| 5 | Danish | ane | forefather; guess; suspect |
| 6 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 7 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |