Where does “պեմենովթ” come from?
պեմենովթ (Old Armenian) comes from Ancient Greek Φαμενώθ, from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp, from Egyptian jmn-ḥtp, from Egyptian jmn, from Egyptian mn, from Proto-Vietic kaw, from Dutch kauwen, from Middle Dutch couwen — to chew.
պեմենովթ (Old Armenian): Phamenoth the seventh month of the Ancient Egyptian calendar
Definitions
- Phamenoth the seventh month of the Ancient Egyptian calendar
Ancestry of “պեմենովթ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Φαμενώθ | Phamenoth, the seventh month of the Ancient Egyptian calendar, corresponding roughly to March |
| 2 | Egyptian | pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp | the month of Phamenoth |
| 3 | Egyptian | jmn-ḥtp | Amenhotep (son of Hapu), a deified scribe and architect |
| 4 | Egyptian | jmn | to hide, to conceal; to hide, to be hidden or... |
| 5 | Egyptian | mn | to be established, to be fixed or set; to stick,... |
| 6 | Proto-Vietic | kaw | — |
| 7 | Dutch | kauwen | to chew |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | couwen | to chew |
| 9 | Old Dutch | kiuwan | to chew |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | keuwan | to chew |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kewwaną | to chew |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵyewh₁- | to chew |