հի-

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Root

հի- • (hi-)

1. something

   հի՞մ ― hi^?m ― why?

   հի՛կէն ― híkēn ― as, for example

Derived terms

• հիբար (hibar)
• հիզան (hizan)
• հիկէն (hikēn)
• հիմ (him)
• հիպէս (hipēs)

Descendants

• Old Armenian: ի- (i-) (at a later stage)
• Armenian: խի (xi)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press