Where does “առակ” come from?

առակ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian առ, from Old Armenian առնում, from Proto-Indo-European h₂r-nu-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

առակ (Old Armenian): example; spectacle, something to look at; bad...

Definitions

  1. example; spectacle, something to look at; bad...

Ancestry of “առակ”, step by step

առակ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian առ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianառbecause of, due to; near, at; to
2Old Armenianառնումto receive, to take, to accept, to admit; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂r-nu-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Old Armenian ակն

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianակնeye; hope, expectation; hole, ditch
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

Words derived from “առակ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂r-nu- →Every word from Old Armenian առնում →