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Old Armenian
Etymology
Ačaṙyan rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open.
Ałayan derives աւետ (awet), from Proto-Indo-European *awēd- and the spelling աւէտ (awēt) from *aweid-, both from the root *awed- (“to speak”); compare Ancient Greek ὕδω (húdō, “to tell of, to celebrate”), ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing, to praise”), Sanskrit वदति (vadati, “to speak, say”), वन्दते (vandate, “to praise, celebrate”), Tocharian B wätk- (“to command, to order”). See Pokorny for this root, without the Armenian.
Noun
աւետ • (awet)
- good news
- greetings (?)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 358–359
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “⁶au̯-, au̯ed-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 76 of 76, 77
- Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 35