-ան

Old Armenian

suffix

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (suffix creating adjective nouns from verbs, suffix forming a verbal adjective from a verb stem).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*-nós

Gloss

suffix creating adjective nouns from verbs, suffix forming a verbal adjective from a verb stem

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-nus Latin
-ānus Latin
-νος Ancient Greek
*-nós Proto-Indo-European
*steb- Proto-Indo-European
*-anaz Proto-Germanic
-ան Armenian