Where does “խոստանամ” come from?

խոստանամ (Old Armenian) comes from Middle Persian xwastūg, from Indonesian swa-, from Old Javanese swa, from Sanskrit स्व​, from Old Saxon swas, from Proto-Germanic swēsaz, from Proto-Germanic swēsa- — own, relation.

խոստանամ (Old Armenian): to promise; to confess

Definitions

  1. to promise; to confess

Ancestry of “խոստանամ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persianxwastūg—
2Indonesianswa-self-, auto-
3Old Javaneseswa—
4Sanskritस्व​—
5Old Saxonswas—
6Proto-Germanicswēsazone's own, familiar, trusted
7Proto-Germanicswēsa-own, relation

Words derived from “խոստանամ”

Every word from Proto-Germanic swēsa- →Every word from Indonesian swa- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swēsaz →