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Where does “գան” come from?

գան (Old Armenian) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰn̥-(n)i-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

գան (Old Armenian): beating, bastinado, battery, blows with a stick,...

Definitions

  1. beating, bastinado, battery, blows with a stick,...

Ancestry of “գան”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰn̥-(n)i-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

Words derived from “գան”

  • գան
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