| ոչ (ո+չ) `no` *aiw-, *ayu- UTOPIA (Gk. ou `not, no where`), from Indo-European phrase `not on your life` < noyu kwid, all that survived was oyuk => ukh `not` in Greek, and oyukwi => voch `no` in Armenian (for similar development cf. ne . . . pas `step` in French, where pas evolved into an independent word meaning `not`); see also յաւիտեան [*kw > չ] |
