Where does “վէպ” come from?
վէպ (Old Armenian) comes from Ancient Greek ϝέπος, from Proto-Hellenic wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
վէպ (Old Armenian): story, myth, epic, legend, tale
Definitions
- story, myth, epic, legend, tale
Ancestry of “վէպ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ϝέπος | — |
| 2 | Proto-Hellenic | wékʷos | word, speech |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wékʷos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |