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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ey-ni-, *oy-no- (“that”). The ending in սո-յն (so-yn), դո-յն (do-yn), նո-յն (no-yn) has the same origin.
Suffix
-էն • (-ēn)
- forming adverbs
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-էն”, 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