Where does “-աւ” come from?

-աւ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian -ւ, from Proto-Indo-European -bʰi — forms adverbs with locative meaning.

-աւ (Old Armenian): the instrumental case ending of "i-a"-stem nouns

Definitions

  1. the instrumental case ending of "i-a"-stem nouns

Ancestry of “-աւ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenian-ւinstrumental case marker; third-person singular...
2Proto-Indo-European-bʰiforms adverbs with locative meaning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -bʰi →Every word from Old Armenian -ւ →