Where does “-ան” come from?

-ան (Old Armenian) comes from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

-ան (Old Armenian): found mainly in nouns; instrument-suffix;...

Definitions

  1. found mainly in nouns; instrument-suffix;...

Ancestry of “-ան”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “-ան

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós