Where does “ի ծովէ մինչեւ ի ծով” come from?

ի ծովէ մինչեւ ի ծով (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian մինչեւ, from Old Armenian եւ, from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps.

ի ծովէ մինչեւ ի ծով (Old Armenian): from sea to sea

Definitions

  1. from sea to sea

Ancestry of “ի ծովէ մինչեւ ի ծով”, step by step

ի ծովէ մինչեւ ի ծով traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian մինչեւ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianմինչեւuntil, till, as far as, to
2Old Armenianեւand; also, likewise
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps

via Old Armenian ծով

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianծովsea; large body of water; the molten sea in the...
2Urartian??inland sea, large lake

via Old Armenian ի

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianիto, in the direction of, towards; with, by; for...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁epsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₁epiEvery word from Old Armenian եւ