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Where does “սաստ” come from?

սաստ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian սաստ, from Proto-Indo-European ḱh₂sti-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₂s- — to lead, teach, educate; grey, hare.

սաստ (Armenian): prohibition, ban; punishment; reproof, scolding,...

Definitions

  1. prohibition, ban; punishment; reproof, scolding,...

Ancestry of “սաստ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianսաստbitter and angry reproof, scolding, rebuke,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱh₂sti-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₂s-to lead, teach, educate; grey, hare
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