Where does “վեցկին” come from?

վեցկին (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian կին, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn, from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- — woman.

վեցկին (Old Armenian): sextuple, sixfold; six times as much, sixfold

Definitions

  1. sextuple, sixfold; six times as much, sixfold

Ancestry of “վեցկին”, step by step

վեցկին traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian կին

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianկինwoman; wife, spouse
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḗnwoman
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman

via Old Armenian վեց

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianվեցsix
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn →Every word from Old Armenian կին →