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Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁mos, but the anlaut and the nm → łm change make this problematic. Reviving Petersson's old idea, Kölligan instead connects the word to Ancient Greekπόλεμος(pólemos, “war”), under an original underlying sense "shaking", reconstructing Proto-Indo-European*pólh₁mos (from a possible root *pelh₁-(“to shake”)) from which he derives the two terms.
ի թեւս հողմոյ ― i tʻews hołmoy ― on the wings of the wind
գնալ զհողմով ― gnal zhołmov ― to vanish to dissolve into air, to disappear
զհողմս արածել ― zhołms aracel ― to feed on air, to cherish vain hopes, to build castles in the air
ջանալ հողմոյ ― ǰanal hołmoy ― to labour or strive in vain, to lose one's pains
մարգարէքն մեր էին ի հողմ ― margarēkʻn mer ēin i hołm ― our prophets prophesied to the wind
զհողմս ժառանգել ― zhołms žaṙangel ― to be reduced to one's last shifts, on one's last legs, to amuse oneself with idle expectations, to buoy oneself up with vain hopes
one of the four parts of the world, whence the winds blow
չորք հողմք ― čʻorkʻ hołmkʻ ― the four winds, four quarters of heaven
^ Meillet, Antoine (1925) “Remarques sur l'étymologie de quelques mots grecs”, in Bulletin de la Société de linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 26, page 11 of 1–22
^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հողմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 112
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 416
^ Petersson, Herbert (1916) “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, number 3/4, pages 246–247
^ Kölligan, Daniel (2017) “Armenian hołm ‘wind’, Greek πόλεμος ‘war’”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 122, number 1, →DOI, pages 227–240
Further reading
Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “hilm”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 256b
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հողմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հողմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy