See also: այն

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

-այն (-ayn)

  1. A suffix found in some adverbs and nouns

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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