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Where does “արեգաւէտ” come from?

արեգաւէտ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian արեգ, from Old Armenian արեւ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂rewi- — sun, sunshine.

արեգաւէտ (Old Armenian): bright, luminous

Definitions

  1. bright, luminous

Ancestry of “արեգաւէտ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianարեգsolar, sun's; eastern; the eighth month of the...
2Old Armenianարեւthe sun; the light of the sun; life, day
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂rewi-sun, sunshine
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