"From Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, by loosing the initial consonant."
I doubt that, because I do not know any other example where Armenian looses initial kʷ. HJJHolm (talk) 14:49, 8 August 2015 (UTC)Reply
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According to Jasmine Dum-Tragut, in the initial position ո (o) is usually pronounced with a glide, namely the labiodental approximant, as IPA(key): [ʋɔ], e.g. որդի (ordi) IPA(key): [ʋɔɾˈtʰi]. Vahagn Petrosyan, a Wiktionarian, disagrees: in Standard Eastern Armenian word-initially ո (o) is pronounced as IPA(key): [vɔ], with a voiced labiodental fricative.
