Where does “անգիր” come from?

անգիր (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գիր, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

անգիր (Old Armenian): without letters, without print; unwritten,...

Definitions

  1. without letters, without print; unwritten,...

Ancestry of “անգիր”, step by step

անգիր traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian գիր

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգիրletter; letter, epistle; writing, document,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Old Armenian ան

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianանnegative prefix; on, at
2Classical Armenianայն—

Words derived from “անգիր”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēr- →Every word from Old Armenian գիր →