Where does “մամռախնդիր” come from?

մամռախնդիր (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian մամուռ, from Proto-Armenian mus-r-, from Proto-Indo-European mus-ro-.

մամռախնդիր (Old Armenian): moss-searching

Definitions

  1. moss-searching

Ancestry of “մամռախնդիր”, step by step

մամռախնդիր traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian մամուռ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianմամուռmoss
2Proto-Armenianmus-r-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmus-ro-—

via Old Armenian խնդրեմ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianխնդրեմto search for, to look for, to try to find; to...
2Old Armenianխնդիրsearch, searching, perquisition, quest; question;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mus-ro- →Every word from Proto-Armenian mus-r- →Every word from Old Armenian մամուռ →