Where does “բամբասանք” come from?

բամբասանք (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian բամբասեմ, from Old Armenian բամբաս, from Old Armenian բամ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.

բամբասանք (Old Armenian): backbite, gossip

Definitions

  1. backbite, gossip

Ancestry of “բամբասանք”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianբամբասեմto detract, to slander, to speak ill of, to...
2Old Armenianբամբասbackbite, gossip
3Old Armenianբամto speak, to say; that
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking

Words derived from “բամբասանք

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂tiEvery word from Old Armenian բամEvery word from Old Armenian բամբաս