Where does “ճիրանունք” come from?
ճիրանունք (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian -ունք, from Proto-Indo-European -on-es.
ճիրանունք (Old Armenian): claws, talons
Ancestry of “ճիրանունք”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Armenian | -ունք | forming collective nouns; forming abstract nouns |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -on-es | — |