-ովին
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian -ովին (-ovin).
Suffix
-ովին • (-ovin)
- forming adverbs
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
From -ով (-ov), which coincides with the ending of instrumental, + -ին (-in) suffix. Alternatively, -ին (-in) may reflect the -i- in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *-bʰi followed by a demonstrative element from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *-no- > -ն (-n). Compare -եւին (-ewin).
Suffix
-ովին • (-ovin)
- forming adverbs
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ովին”, 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