Where does “անիմաստ” come from?

անիմաստ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian իմաստ, from Old Armenian -ստ, from Proto-Indo-European -sti-.

անիմաստ (Old Armenian): foolish, senseless, insipid; irrational, absurd

Definitions

  1. foolish, senseless, insipid; irrational, absurd

Ancestry of “անիմաստ”, step by step

անիմաստ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian իմաստ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianիմաստsignification, sense, meaning, substance, drift;...
2Old Armenian-ստForming few action nouns. These action nouns may...
3Proto-Indo-European-sti-—

via Old Armenian ան

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

Words derived from “անիմաստ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sti- →Every word from Old Armenian -ստ →Every word from Old Armenian իմաստ →