Where does “համբաւ” come from?

համբաւ (Old Armenian) comes from Proto-Iranian ham-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sam-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

համբաւ (Old Armenian): reputation, name, fame; rumour; report; tidings

Definitions

  1. reputation, name, fame; rumour; report; tidings

Ancestry of “համբաւ”, step by step

համբաւ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Iranian ham-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianham-together, joint, paired
2Proto-Indo-Iraniansam-together, joint, paired
3Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Georgian ჰ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GeorgianჰThirty-seventh letter of the Georgian alphabet. Its name is hae and it is preceded by ჯ and followed by ჵ

Words derived from “համբաւ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian sam- →Every word from Proto-Iranian ham- →