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Old Armenian
Etymology
From the stem vowel -ե- (-e-) + -ւ- (-w-), which has the same origin as -ւ (-w, “instrumental case marker”), namely Proto-Indo-European *-bʰi, + -ին (-in) suffix. Alternatively, and more probably, -ին (-in) may reflect the -i- in Proto-Indo-European *-bʰi followed by a demonstrative element from Proto-Indo-European *-nós > -ն (-n). Compare -ովին (-ovin).
Suffix
-ևին • (-ewin)
- Forming adverbs.
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եւին”, 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