Where does “dest” come from?
dest (Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian jástah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰés-to-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰes- — hand; take, give in exchange.
dest (Kurdish): hand
Ancestry of “dest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Iranian | jástah | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ʰástas | hand |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰés-to- | hand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰes- | hand; take, give in exchange |