Where does “գես” come from?

գես (Armenian) comes from Armenian գիսաստղ, from Armenian աստղ, from Old Armenian աստղ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs- — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.

գես (Armenian): hair

Definitions

  1. hair

Ancestry of “գես”, step by step

գես traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian գիսաստղ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianգիսաստղcomet
2Armenianաստղstar; celebrity, star
3Old Armenianաստղstar; starfish; asterisk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂stḗrstar
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth

via Old Armenian գէս

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգէսlong hanging hair
2Middle Persiangyscurl, locks

Words derived from “գես”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr →Every word from Old Armenian աստղ →