Where does “գերի” come from?

գերի (Old Armenian) comes from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁- — to find, encounter.

գերի (Old Armenian): captive, prisoner; group of captives

Definitions

  1. captive, prisoner; group of captives

Ancestry of “գերի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*wreh₁-to find, encounter

Words derived from “գերի

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁-