Where does “վեշտասան” come from?

վեշտասան (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian վեց, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

վեշտասան (Old Armenian): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “վեշտասան”, step by step

վեշտասան traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian վեց

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianվեցsix
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Old Armenian տասն

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianտասնten
2Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

Words derived from “վեշտասան”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Old Armenian վեց →