Where does “гери” come from?

гери (Udi) comes from Old Armenian գերի, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁- — to find, encounter.

гери (Udi): captive

Definitions

  1. captive

Ancestry of “гери”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգերիcaptive, prisoner; group of captives
2Proto-Indo-European*wreh₁-to find, encounter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁- →Every word from Old Armenian գերի →