Where does “-իւ” come from?

-իւ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian -ի-, from Proto-Armenian ēs-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁é-h₁es-.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-իւ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenian-ի-a vowel characterizing most of the imperfect...
2Proto-Armenianēs-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁é-h₁es-—

Words derived from “-իւ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁é-h₁es- →Every word from Old Armenian -ի- →Every word from Proto-Armenian ēs- →