Where does “գիշերայն” come from?
գիշերայն (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գիշեր, from Proto-Armenian geišero-, from Proto-Armenian we(k)še(w)ero-, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.
գիշերայն (Old Armenian): by night, nightly, in the night time
Definitions
- by night, nightly, in the night time
Ancestry of “գիշերայն”, step by step
գիշերայն traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Armenian գիշեր
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Armenian | գիշեր | night; darkness, obscurity |
| 2 | Proto-Armenian | geišero- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Armenian | we(k)še(w)ero- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |