Where does “Համեստ” come from?

Համեստ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian համեստ, from Old Armenian -ստ, from Proto-Indo-European -sti-.

Համեստ (Armenian): modest; humble

Definitions

  1. modest; humble

Ancestry of “Համեստ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianհամեստmodest, decent; reserved, moderate, temperate
2Old Armenian-ստForming few action nouns. These action nouns may...
3Proto-Indo-European-sti-—

Words derived from “Համեստ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sti- →Every word from Old Armenian -ստ →Every word from Old Armenian համեստ →