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