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Old Armenian
Etymology
According to J̌ahukyan, from the Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos suffix, added to words ending in *-ā/ə.[1]
On the other hand, Olsen derives from Proto-Indo-European *-tn̥nós.[2]
Suffix
-այն • (-ayn)
- A suffix found in some adverbs and nouns
Derived terms
References
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-այն”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
- ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 281–282