Where does “զմէ” come from?
զմէ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ի-, from Old Armenian հի-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
զմէ (Old Armenian): why?
Ancestry of “զմէ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Armenian | ի- | thing; what? |
| 2 | Old Armenian | հի- | something |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷís | — |