անիւ

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nēbʰ-, from *h₃nebʰ- (“navel, nave”), with a semantic shift “navel” → “wheel”, as if “furnished with a nave”.

անիւ • (aniw)

1. wheel

   անիւ մեքենայի ― aniw mekʿenayi ― wheel of a machine

   անիւ յեսանի ― aniw yesani ― grindstone

   անիւ խորտկաց ― aniw xortkacʿ ― jack

   անիւ տղայոց ― aniw tłayocʿ ― gig

   անիւ առաջակողման նաւին ― aniw aṙaǰakołman nawin ― capstern, capstan

2. axle of a chariot
3. wheel (torture instrument)
4. sun

• Armenian: անիվ (aniv)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “անիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “անիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անիւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aniw”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 89