սկսանիմ

• սկսանում (sksanum)
• սկսնում (sksnum)

The root is *սկիս- (*skis-), of unknown origin. +‎ -ան- (-an-).

սկսանիմ • (sksanim)

1. to begin, to commence, to initiate, to set about, to enter upon, to start, to make one's outset

   վերստին սկսանել ― verstin sksanel ― to begin again, anew, afresh or over again; to recommence

   տալ սկսանել ― tal sksanel ― to cause to commence

2. to give the signal for or of, to fall to, to undertake, to propose, to put in train
3. to be born, begun or commenced

• Armenian: սկսել (sksel)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սկսանիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սկսանիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սկսանիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press