Where does “վեցհարիւր” come from?

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

վեցհարիւր (Old Armenian): six hundred

Definitions

  1. six hundred

Ancestry of “վեցհարիւր”, step by step

վեցհարիւր traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian վեց

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianվեցsix
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Old Armenian հարիւր

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianհարիւրhundred
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Old Armenian վեց →